The New York Mets announced on Friday afternoon that they placed right-hander reliever Hansel Robles on the 10-day disabled list and outfielder Jay Bruce on Paternity Leave. As reported earlier on Friday, lefty reliever Buddy Baumann being promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas will be the corresponding move for Robles and first baseman Dominic Smith will replace Bruce. Bruce is expected to miss the...
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The New York Mets against the Philadelphia Phillies in May of 2018 wasn’t expected to be such an important series but here we are with the Phillies only a half game back of the first place Atlanta Braves and the Mets three games behind Philadelphia. Following a 11-1 start, the Mets have gone 7-16 and are coming off losing a three-game series to the National League’s worst team the...
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As we all know, the Mets were created to fill the gap left after the departure of the Giants and the Dodgers from the city of New York following the 1957 season. In the four year period before the advent of the Amazin’s, Gotham’s National League fans were left to follow their teams as best they could from afar. Remember, there was no cable TV at this time, nor webcasts, and radio coverage was...
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Jon Heyman of FRS Baseball writes about his top 20 trade candidates that could be traded this season and attempts to find the bets match for each player. The second ranked player on is list is Miami Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto and he says the New York Mets are the best bet to acquire him while listing the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies as other teams likely interested. Despite...
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Left-handed reliever Buddy Baumann will be added to the New York Mets roster tonight before they Phillies in Philadelphia according to Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Review Journal. Baumann, 30, was claimed off waivers from the San Diego Padres on April 27. He has allowed one earned run in 4.2 innings for the Las Vegas 51s since being claimed. In that span he has given up two hits, four walks...
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Las Vegas (13-22) 3, Fresno (21-14) 1 Box Score Matt den Dekker RF: 2-3, 2 RBI, BB, K, .274/.313/.509 Phillip Evans 2B: 1-3, HR, RBI, .243/.316/.466 Tomas Nido C: 1-3, .333/.333/.333 All three of the 51s’ runs came in the fifth. Evans led off the inning with his sixth homer of the year as he looks to get his bat going for a potential call-up. Nido then got his first career Triple-A hit,...
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