Las Vegas 51s (1-1) 5, El Paso Chihuahuas (1-1) 2 Box Score Matt den Dekker CF: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI Dominic Smith 1B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, 3 K Luis Guillorme SS: 2-for-4, 2 2B, RBI Jose Lobaton C: 2-for-4, RBI, K Zack Wheeler SP: 2-for-2, RBI Smith put the 51s up early with an RBI double in the first, then Wheeler helped himself out with an RBI single of his own in the fourth. The leadoff man den...
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A pair of southpaws will face off against each other during the second matchup between the Mets and Nationals. Steven Matz will look to rebound from a rough first outing while Gio Gonzalez will attempt to tie up the season series between the NL East foes. Unfortunately, the Mets schedule called for no game to be played yesterday. However, there was still a ton of activity throughout Major League...
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The New York Mets have been good early in the season as evident by their 5-1 record and it is not just a product of Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom. Actually, the opposite, many facets of this team have been productive and maybe the least productive member of the Mets pitching staff (aside from Steven Matz) has been Syndergaard. The Rotation The rotation has not been bad but they have also not...
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With Michael Conforto coming off the disabled list, there was a question where he should hit in the New York Mets lineup. Traditionalists wanted to see him in more of a classic RBI spot in the lineup like third or clean-up. Sabermetrically inclined fans who saw Conforto as the best hitter on the team wanted him to hit second in the lineup. His manager, Mickey Callaway, decided to bat Conforto...
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Injuries happen. It’s part of the game of baseball; that’s why the disabled list exists and there are always players on it. Every once in a while, tragically, a player gets so seriously injured that he’s never the same again, or worse, he must hang up his cleats. There have been many times when, worst of all, a player is tragically killed. In all these cases, we are left...
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If one were to look up the word ‘consistency’ in the English dictionary, rather than reading the brief text that defines the word, a simple picture would better suffice. In Major League Baseball, it doesn’t take long to envision the player that encompasses this word. This individual exemplified what it meant to be consistent on a day-to-day basis: showing up for each game prepared, ready...
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