Mickey Callaway told reporters before the game that Noah Syndergaard feels “great” after throwing his bullpen session today and will start on Friday against the Washington Nationals as planned. The Mets will need to send someone down to make room on the roster for the right-hander. – Josh Finkelstein – Original Post- July 10 If all goes smoothly in his bullpen session...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Vince Velasquez (5-8, 4.69) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (5-4, 1.79) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 The Mets try to get the series split tonight against the Phillies. Both starting pitchers made their major league debuts last night and it did not go well from Gagnon who allowed 6 runs off 7 hits in 4.2 innings. But...
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Asdrubal Cabrera is not in tonight’s lineup against the Philadelphia Phillies despite Mickey Callaway’s remarks yesterday saying he would be. No reasoning has been provided yet, but we will be sure to update if something is announced regarding the matter that differs from the previous report of his re-aggravated hyperextended elbow. – Josh Finkelstein – Original Post-...
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John Ricco told Joel Sherman of the New York Post today that he hopes that Yoenis Cespedes will be able to appear in rehab games during the All-Star break next week. Cespedes was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right hip flexor on May 16 and has suffered multiple setbacks since then. Before his injury, Cespedes appeared in 37 games and hit .255/.316/.474 with six doubles,...
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Tim Britton of the Athletic reports that the Mets are calling up Matt den Dekker and Jacob Rhame from triple-A Las Vegas and will send down Drew Gagnon and Kevin Kaczmarski to make room for them. Gagnon made his MLB debut last night for the Mets and allowed six runs in 4 2/3 innings. Meanwhile, Kaczmarski only had five plate appearances with the club despite being on the roster for more than two...
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With the Mets 17 games under .500 and seemingly getting worse by the day, the attention is clearly shifted to 2019 and beyond. Naturally, this leads to questions about what exactly the Mets are going to do and the development of their young players. Those issues are tackled in this week’s mailbag. Mr. Belvedere asks . . . With $92.5 million locked into Yoenis Cespedes, David Wright, Jay...
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