The New York Mets today announced that the club activated outfielder Michael Conforto from the 10-day disabled list and optioned infielder Phillip Evans to Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League. Conforto will wear No. 30 and will be available for today’s game at Washington. Conforto, 25, hit .279/.384/.555 with 20 doubles, 27 home runs and 68 RBI in 109 games last year. He was named...
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New York Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard had an uncharacteristic start on Wednesday afternoon against the Philadelphia Phillies when he lasted only four innings. Syndergaard started off strong with a 1-2-3 first inning on only 13 pitches and looked like he could dominate the Phillies lineup the rest of the day. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen and his pitch count rose all the way up to...
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The New York Mets have been excited about Amed Rosario since signing him out of the Dominican Republic as a lanky 16-year-old in 2012. After spending five seasons in MiLB, slashing .291/.336/.405 with just 333 strikeouts in 1,775 minor-league at-bats, the Mets called up Rosario on the first of August last season, finishing the year with mixed results. Coming into camp this season, new Mets...
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Today, the Mets will face their first big test of the season as they’ll travel to Washington DC to battle the red-hot Bryce Harper and the Nationals. In a pitching rematch of a very infamous 2015 regular-season game, Jacob deGrom will face off against Stephen Strasburg. The Mets finished off their two-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday with a 4-2 win at Citi Field. The...
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You could hear the moaning and groaning rain down from the top of the East River and across the Long Island Sound when the New York Mets placed Anthony Swarzak on the DL and then recalled embattled reliever Hansel Robles, whose stock with Mets fans has reached an all-time low. Coming off a depressing season in 2017 that saw him post a 4.92 ERA and 1.374 WHIP in 49 appearances with a 4.6 walk...
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With about a week into the regular season, the Mets are looking good at 4-1, and the team has had a number of pleasant surprises. In this version of the mailbag, we delve into some of those surprises and see how the Mets should handle these players going forward: Doubl asks . . . Is Mets reliever/starter Seth Lugo actually Andrew Miller from the right side? John says . . . Emphatically and...
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