Mets 2018 second round draft pick Simeon Woods-Richardson received an overslot bonus to not only entice the 17-year-old to commit to being a pitcher, but to also forego his commitment to the University of Texas. Three games into his professional debut, the Mets and Woods-Richardson both look smart for their respective decisions. Right off the bat, Woods-Richardson has wowed with his velocity. ...
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Plus stuff has never been an issue for the hard-throwing Bobby Wahl and it wasn’t on Thursday night when he made his New York Mets debut. The right-handed reliever picked up in the trade from the Oakland Athletics for Jeurys Familia retired both batters he faced including a strikeout of Johan Camargo on a nasty breaking ball. Wahl popped 98 mph on the first two pitches he threw with the...
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Jason Vargas started last night, allowed four earned runs in a measly five innings of work, and got the loss. There is nothing wrong with looking at this most recent performance through $16M glasses and judging it solely by the final outcome. When such a start lowers a pitcher’s season ERA to 8.23 and he’s already made 12 starts, it wouldn’t necessarily be wise to throw him any...
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Las Vegas (53-57) 6, Omaha (50-59) 3 Box Score Peter Alonso 1B: 1-4, 2B, 3 K, .221/.326/.463 Dominic Smith LF: 0-4, 3 K, .251/.331/.375 Bryce Brentz DH: 2-4, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, K, .272/.339/.561 Patrick Kivlehan 3B: 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, .295/.343/.471 Alonso continues to slowly but surely hit better, batting .286 over his last ten games. Strikeouts continue to be a bit of a problem for him though....
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Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (44-62) dropped the opening contest of their four-game series with the Atlanta Braves (58-47) last night by a score of 4-2. Jason Vargas (2-7, 8.23 ERA) failed to go more than five innings for his 11th start in a row and gave up all four of the Braves’ runs. A perfect four innings from the bullpen couldn’t help lift the Mets past the Braves...
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The New York Mets (44-62) fell to the Atlanta Braves (58-47) by a score of 4-2 on Thursday night at Citi Field. Pitching The Mets sent Jason Vargas (2-7, 8.23 ERA) to the mound for his 11th start of the season. In his past 10 starts he had not pitched more than five innings. That trend continued in this game as he had another five-inning outing. Vargas started off on the wrong foot as he gave up...
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