Tuesday, June 19, 2018 • 8:40 p.m. (ET) Coors Field • Denver, CO LHP Jason Vargas (2-5, 7.39) vs. RHP German Márquez (4-7, 5.13) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 The Mets and Rockies play game two tonight as Jason Vargas gets the start against German Marquez. New York will look to build off their 12-2 drubbing of Colorado from last night. Mets Lineup Brandon Nimmo (L) RF...
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According to Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Mets are calling up reliever Tim Peterson. Mike Puma of the New York Post adds that outfielder Jay Bruce is being placed on the disabled list in a corresponding move. Peterson, 27, was sent down to the minors on June 14 when New York claimed right-hander Chris Beck off waivers from the Chicago White Sox. In three games (4.1 IP) with...
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The Mets rotation has again become a strength. Coming into Monday’s 12-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, New York’s starters had accumulated a 2.86 ERA in their previous 154.1 innings. Jacob deGrom kept the ball rolling by allowing just one earned run over eight innings last night, so if the Mets can keep this up from a rotation standpoint, they’ll be in good shape. However,...
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New York Mets’ injured starter Noah Syndergaard played catch yesterday at Coors Field, his first baseball activities in over a week as per Tim Healey of Newsday. Syndergaard, 25, has been sidelined since May 29 with a strained ligament in his right index finger. He threw from a distance of 60 feet yesterday and plans on stretching that out to 75 feet today. As per Fangraphs, the 6′...
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Position Players Raphael Gladu, OF Level (Age): Columbia (22) Stats: .295/.344/.378, 10 2B, 3 3B, 20 RBI, 10 SB, 3 CS MMN Rank: NR Since having a slow start to the season, Gladu has been a much more dangerous hitter at the plate. In fact, during his recent hot stretch, Gladu set the Fireflies record with a 23 game hitting streak. During that hitting streak, Gladu hit .365/.415/.494 with seven...
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What can’t Brandon Nimmo do? With two outs in the ninth inning in Sunday’s finale with the Arizona Diamondbacks, the outfielder launched a two-run homer to give the Mets the lead and ultimately a win. On Monday in Colorado, about 90 minutes from where he went to high school in Wyoming, Nimmo put on a show for his friends and family who were in attendance to see the Mets budding star....
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