Earlier this season, Mickey Callaway mentioned that he wanted to try to manage the workload of righty Robert Gsellman as he progresses in his transition from the starting rotation to a full-time reliever. However, the training gloves have very quickly been removed. Just a month an a half into the 2018 season, Gsellman has quickly become one of Mickey Callaway’s first and most reliable options in...
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The thing about baseball is when you make a decision, you obviously know the result. You don’t, however, know what could have happened if you had gone another way. In the sixth inning of Sunday afternoon’s loss against the Phillies, there was one of those moments. Up one-nothing, Paul Sewald had two outs and two runners on when Nick Williams was announced as a pinch hitter. Jerry...
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Speaking with Mike Puma of the New York Post, Mets pitching coach Dave Eiland had a lot to say about the Mets rotation, most of which wasn’t particularly surprising. What was surprising, however, was what he had to say about one of the Mets two aces. “I just don’t know where the expectations came from,” Eiland said about Noah Syndergaard. “He’s spent, what, two and a half years in the big...
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Las Vegas (15-23) 9, Albuquerque (19-19) 7 Box Score Phillip Evans 2B: 1-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI, .246/.310/.482 Cody Asche 3B: 3-for-4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, .250/.325/.611 Matt den Dekker CF: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, .289/.336/.509 The 51s scored nine runs on twelve hits as part of a very strong offensive performance that featured home runs by Evans, Asche, and Johnny Monell. Monell’s eighth...
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Good morning Mets fans! The Mets are off today, but they return home to Citi Field to welcome Curtis Granderson and the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night at 7:10 p.m. Yesterday, the Mets dropped the series finale of their rain-shortened series at Citizen’s Bank Park with the Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 4-2. Latest Mets News Tim Healy of Newsday reported that the Mets optioned Buddy...
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Tim Healey of Newsday reports that the Mets will be activating Jay Bruce from the paternity list on Tuesday and Dominic Smith will be sent back to Triple-A as the corresponding move. Bruce missed the last two games for the birth of his second child, Maxwell. Smith was recalled this weekend in place of him and only registered one at-bat, in which he struck out as a pinch-hitter. He appeared in...
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