Saturday, July 21, 2018 • 1:05 p.m. Yankee Stadium • Bronx, N.Y. LHP Steven Matz (4-7, 3.38) vs. RHP Sonny Gray (6-7, 5.46) PIX11 • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 Yesterday was an odd day for the orange and blue. Cespedes returned from the DL and hit a big homer and Conforto had three RBI as the Mets avoided giving up a once 6-1 lead to beat the Yankees 7-5. We knew something...
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With the New York Mets sending Dominic Smith down in a series of transactions designed to make room on the Major League roster for both Yoenis Cespedes and Jason Vargas to return from the disabled list, they will have both Smith and Peter Alonso on the same roster. This could not have happened at a worse time for either player. When Smith was called up to the majors, he had not exactly earned...
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The New York Mets have apparently commenced their trade season, with closer Jeurys Familia likely to be the first player on the move, as per Buster Olney of ESPN. Though no deal has been completed as of Saturday morning, it’s a virtual certainty that the 28-year-old right-hander has pitched his final game for the Mets. Other teams said to be in the running are Arizona, Atlanta, the Cubs...
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Mets’ farmhand Tim Tebow is set to see a hand specialist early next week after exiting Thursday’s game in Binghamton with a right hand injury. Tebow is said to have hurt it whiled swinging during an at bat. Tebow, 30, is hitting .273 for the Rumble Ponies in 84 games this season. The outfielder was named to the Eastern League All-Star team earlier this month. Tebow is having a career...
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Yoenis Cespedes narrowly hit a home run for the Mets last night in the bandbox that is Yankee Stadium. That’s the good news. The bad news is that after the game, Cespedes broke the news that what’s been plaguing him is calcification in his heels, and if he were to undergo surgery, the recovery time would be 8-10 months. If he got the surgery like yesterday, that would leave him ready...
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Noah Syndergaard has tossed 10 innings since returning from a strained ligament in his finger that had kept him out over a month. Not once has he turned in a perfect inning. On six such occasions, the opposition has put two or more runners on. Syndergaard allowed three runs and two walks in a start against the Washington Nationals last week, and admittedly improved to just one run and no walks...
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