According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, the Mets are considering bringing back outfielder Jose Bautista in 2019. Bautista, 37, could still be traded before the Aug. 31 waiver trade deadline, but the team could pursue him in free agency this winter. The veteran signed on with the Mets in May after being cut loose by the Atlanta Braves. Since then, he has appeared in 62 games for the Mets,...
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St. Lucie right-handed pitcher Stephen Villines took the mound last night and pitched yet another scoreless inning. With this inning under his belt, Villines has not allowed an earned run in his last 11 appearances. In fact, since Villines has been called up to St. Lucie, he has allowed an earned run in only one of his 13 appearances. In those appearances, he’s 2-0 with three saves, a 0.51 ERA,...
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Jacob deGrom made his 22nd start of the season on Friday night against the tied-for-first in the NL East Atlanta Braves, owners of the second-best ranked offense in the National League (.260/.327/.423) behind the Chicago Cubs. Despite having a sub-.500 win-loss record this season (5-6), the 30-year-old right-hander has undoubtedly forced his name into the NL Cy Young Award conversation. He came...
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Las Vegas (54-57) 12, Omaha (50-60) 11 Box Score Zach Borenstein RF: 2-4, 2B, 2 BB, K, .265/.371/.518 Peter Alonso 1B: 3-6, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI, K, .232/.331/.497 Bryce Brentz DH: 3-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI, K, .286/.348/.613 It was an offensive outburst as Las Vegas had 16 hits, and five players had multi-hit games. Borenstein continued the mashing he’s done since June with a double and a single....
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The Mets have lost four straight and are trying to break their dry spell. Zack Wheeler will get the ball tonight at 7:10 p.m. Yesterday, Jacob deGrom went eight innings and gave up just two runs but got the loss. Ho-hum. Latest Mets News Jerry Crasnick of ESPN says that Ben Cherington is the popular name to fill the Mets GM vacancy. He also mentions Josh Porter’s name as an option. Steven...
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The New York Mets only mustered six baserunners in their 2-1 loss on Friday night to the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field. Pitching Jacob deGrom pitched for the Mets this evening and was spectacular for the most part. He allowed a homer in the second to Johan Camargo. He pitched a scoreless third thanks to a nice double play by Jose Bautista and Jose Reyes. He worked around a first and second,...
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