After slamming into the outfield wall Thursday, the Mets announced that an MRI revealed a complete tear of the big toe plantar plate, which is a thick supporting ligament of the toe. Surgery has been scheduled for next week and he has been placed on the 10-day disabled list. The Mets say he will likely miss the remainder of the season. Lagares, 29, had been a hitting machine this season before...
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John Harper of the New York Daily News suggests that the New York Mets should consider trading one or both of Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom if they continue their downward spiral of the 2018 season. The Mets are currently in fourth place with only the lowly Miami Marlins below them. They have gone just 9-18 after starting the season 11-1 and haven’t won back-to-back games in five...
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New York Mets starting pitching outside of Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom has been an issue most of the 2018 season and has begun to trickle into a heavily used bullpen. One of those relievers seeing plenty of action is right-hander Seth Lugo. Lugo, 28, had a little bit of a slow start this season (1.40 WHIP, 1.86 SO/W in March/April) but has really found his groove in the month of May. In...
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In 29 games this season, Jose Reyes is hitting .143/.176/.204 with a 6 OPS+ and 6 wRC+. To put it in perspective, a league average OPS+ or wRC+ is 100. That’s a major reason why Reyes has a -0.4 WAR so far this season. To put his horrendous start even more in perspective, he had a 61 wRC+ through May 17 last season when he was off to a bad start. When he is getting into games, he’s...
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Las Vegas (17-24) 8, Tacoma (20-21) 3 Box Score Matt den Dekker CF: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, K, .286/.326/.508 Ty Kelly SS: 1-3, 2 BB, 2 K, .269/.351/.493 Patrick Kivlehan RF: 2-5, 2B, .286/.310/.393 Dominic Smith 1B: 3-4, 2 2B, 4 RBI, BB, .293/.400/.439 Tomas Nido C: 1-4, 2B, BB, .235/.316/.353 It was an all-around productive day for the 51s offense, particularly from den Dekker and Smith. Den Dekker...
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Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (20-19) had off yesterday which marked the fourth time in the last eight days that the team didn’t play a game. They’re back in action today as they host the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks (25-18) for a three-game series. Latest Mets News The Mets will open up their series against the Diamondbacks beginning at 7:10 p.m. tonight as they send...
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