Sandy Alderson broke his silence on a few key issues for the Mets Tuesday afternoon. However, the biggest news might have been revealed about his plans for the catching situation next year. He said that he “feels pretty good” about going into next season with Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki as his catching tandem. Alderson also said that the two are both “above average...
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Last night, Jacob deGrom lost a game agains the Phillies – something that has never happened before. “Everything was flat and up in the zone,” deGrom said. “First inning felt good, felt like I could get the ball down but then after that literally everything was right down the middle of the plate and up.” DeGrom allowed nine runs (six earned) on 10 hits and two walks...
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Tonight, the Mets will wrap up their series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Matt Harvey was scheduled to start but was pushed back due to weather. The starter is TBA but they will face Nick Pivetta. Yesterday, Jacob deGrom could not find his command and gave up lots of hits. The offense did not manage much success off the Phillies pitching staff. That ultimately led to a huge win in favor of...
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The New York Mets (59-79) were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies (53-85) by a score of 9-1 at Citi Field Tuesday evening. Pitching: Jacob deGrom took the hill for the Mets tonight and had one of his worst outings of the year. DeGrom was throwing hard tonight and hit 99 mph on the gun multiple times early on but it wasn’t enough to defeat the Phillies. All in all, deGrom went 3.2 innings...
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The Mets released a plethora of injury updates on Tuesday, including the statuses of Amed Rosario, Josh Edgin and T.J. Rivera. Rosario, 21, sustained a contusion on his right index finger in Saturday’s bout with the Astros and is still experiencing swelling. The shortstop sustained a similar injury with Triple-A Las Vegas and missed several games. In 31 games at the major league level this...
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The Boston Red Sox are under fire after Major League Baseball officials determined they have recently stole signs from the New York Yankees and several other teams, the New York Times reports. While stealing signs has been present in baseball for years, the Red Sox were doing it in a high-tech manner, using an Apple Watch to communicate the stolen signs. The issue was spearheaded by general...
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