In what has been a news-filled early afternoon for the Mets, Tim Britton of The Athletic reports that the Mets will be sending Kevin Plawecki, Hansel Robles, and Gerson Bautista to Atlanta with the team, with all of them being options for activation. Plawecki would almost certainly replace Tomas Nido on the roster. With Plawecki having played four games at Las Vegas over the past week on a rehab...
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As per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, the Mets are taking precaution with reliever AJ Ramos and have decided to send him back to New York to have his right shoulder checked out. The 31-year-old right-hander was reportedly complaining of shoulder tightness after yesterday’s game. Ramos has a career 3.07 ERA in 374 total appearances with a 1.27 WHIP, and 10.5 strikeouts and 4.9 walks per nine...
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The Mets have decided, with a doubleheader tomorrow, to send down Chris Flexen and recall a fresh arm in the form of P.J. Conlon., according to Tim Britton of The Athletic. Flexen almost certainly would have been unavailable for either game after throwing 57 pitches in yesterday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. On top of it, he was pretty dreadful as he allowed seven runs (three...
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Sunday, May 27, 2018• 2:10 p.m. (ET) Miller Park • Milwaukee, WI RHP Zack Wheeler (2-4, 5.32) vs. RHP Jhoulys Chacin (3-1, 3.32) PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 The Mets scored three runs in the first inning yesterday. If the game ended right after the top of the first frame, the Mets would have won! But the game went on for 17 more frames and the Mets lost 17-6. The pitching...
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Michael Conforto’s season has not gone as well as he would have hoped since returning from the disabled list (torn capsule in his left shoulder) on April 5 in Washington. On the year, Conforto is hitting .231/.346/.396 with six homers, 15 RBI, and 41 strikeouts in 134 at-bats. However, over the past few weeks, he has started to see his power return after hitting only one home run in April....
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Two years. That’s now exactly how long it has been since David Wright stepped foot on the field to play a regular season game for the New York Mets. His last four at-bats came against the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 27, 2016, in a game in which he homered for the seventh time that season. Wright’s final stat line for that season was .226/.350/.436 with seven home runs, as previously...
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