Morning Briefing: Take Three For Vargas

Good morning Mets fans! Today, Jason Vargas(0-2, 16.20 ERA) will face the Reds’s ace Luis Castillo (1-4, 7.01 ERA). Vargas will look to get on track after an awful start to his season. The game will be on SNY and 710WOR at 7:10 P.M. Early in the game, Homer Bailey showed why his first name is “Homer” as Michael Conforto, Jay Bruce and Adrian Gonzalez (twice) all went deep. Even...

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Game Recap: Mets Bats Awaken in 7-6 Win Over Reds

The New York Mets (18-15) ended their six game losing skid and picked up their first win in the month of May as they defeated the Cincinnati Reds by a score of 7-6. The Mets offense came alive after being shutout three times in the previous four games. Mets hitters scored the seven runs on thirteen hits with nine of them for extra bases. Pitching P.J. Conlon made his Major League debut tonight...

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Rosenthal: Four To Five Teams Interested In Harvey, Giants Front-Runners

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the Mets are confident they will be able to deal Matt Harvey as opposed to running out the 10-day clock counting down to when he will be a free agent. Including the Rangers and Mariners, as we reported earlier, Rosenthal says “four or five” teams are interested. He also reports that many view the San Fransisco Giants as the frontrunner to...

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Cespedes Back in Mets Lineup Tonight in Cincinnati

After leaving Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies in the first inning with quad soreness, Yoenis Cespedes will be in the lineup tonight as the New York Mets take on the Cincinnati Reds in the first of a three-game set. Cespedes, 32, avoided a scare last weekend after coming out of last Sunday’s win over the San Diego Padres with a jammed thumb that ended up being nothing of...

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MMO Game Thread: Mets vs Reds, 7:10 PM

Monday, May 7, 2018 • 7:10 p.m. Great American Ball Park • Cincinnati, OH LHP P.J. Conlon (ML debut) vs. RHP Homer Bailey (0-4, 4.81) SNY• WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 Maybe the Mets just need a change of scenery right now. For the second game in a row the Mets got a great start from their starting pitcher but could not translate it into a win due to a cold offense. Yesterday the...

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Mets, Including Wilmer Flores, Are Not Hitting Left-Handers

Not much is going right for the Mets of late, but one of the reasons they’ve lost 14 of their last 20 games is that they simply are not hitting left-handed pitching. As a team, the Mets have just a 61 wRC+ against southpaws, the worst in the Major Leagues, hitting .205/.280/.288 (.568 OPS) with three home runs in 278 at-bats against them. After Zack Wheeler who is batting .500 (2-for-4)...

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