Saturday, September 16, 2017 • 7:10 p.m. (ET) SunTrust Park • Atlanta, GA RHP Jacob deGrom (14-9, 3.63) vs. RHP R.A. Dickey (9-9, 4.28) PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 The Mets have lost five straight following their four-game winning streak. New York is 4-6 in its last 10 games. The Mets are 30-43 away from Citi Field and 4-14 in their last 18 road games, including losing...
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The Royals were the ones to finally do it. On Friday night, Kansas City edged out the Cleveland Indians 4-3 to snap the latter’s American League record 22-game winning streak. Securing the victory was southpaw Jason Vargas. The 12-year veteran is in the midst of the best year of his career, pitching to a 16-10 record with a 4.19 ERA and 3.4 WAR in 29 starts. His performance was good enough...
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A decade ago, the Mets had a bonafide leadoff hitter and one of the fastest shortstops in baseball, Jose Reyes. Fast forward to 2017 and history has repeated itself. MLBPipeline’s No. 1 prospect in the game, Amed Rosario, is the fastest player at his position according to Statcast. The average sprint speed across baseball is 27 feet per second in a player’s fastest one-second window,...
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Standing in Foley’s NY Pub and Restaurant last Friday night, the premier baseball establishment in Manhattan featuring a museum-worthy collection of memorabilia and collectibles, I was near the back of the West 33rd Street bar. I was waiting my turn as a member of the media to get the chance to speak with two former starting pitchers who combined to win 356 games, appear in seven All-Star...
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With the rumors the Mets will be looking for a manger to replace Terry Collins this offseason, the teams is likely going to focus on the obvious candidates. This includes Tim Teufel, Bob Geren and Dick Scott. Each candidate has their own merits, but none of them are really a bold move the Mets will need to make this offseason to help turn their team around. In order to do that, they have to...
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At this point, the Mets are just going through the motions. On Friday night, the team slipped 20 games below .500 with a 3-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves as their nightmarish season dragged on. One of the more consistent starters of the ragtag group, Rafael Montero, pitched well through the first four innings before hitting a wall in the fifth. “I don’t have the faintest idea, I really don’t have...
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