The New York Mets announced today they have placed right-hander pitcher Matt Harvey and outfielder Juan Lagares on the 10-day disabled list. They also announced that in the corresponding news they have recalled utility man Matt Reynolds and outfielder Brandon Nimmo from Triple-A. Harvey is expected to miss several weeks with a stress injury to his right scapula. Lagares is expected to be out for...
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If you follow me on Twitter (@stephenjosiah13) you were probably bombarded with tweets on draft night earlier this week in the form of a three act play: Act I: I hope David Peterson is available for the Mets No. 20 pick. Act II: OH MY GOD DAVID PETERSON IS AVAILABLE I HOPE THE METS DRAFT HIM. Act III: IT HAS HAPPENED! I’d like to share a bit of what made me so high on David Peterson and...
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The Mets will install a set of new protective nets both behind home plate and down the foul lines, the team announced yesterday. The 30-foot high net behind home plate will be extended four sections in both directions, and an entirely new eight-foot net will extend a few sections further. Here is what the changes will look like: In a statement, the Mets said the nets are 97% transparent. The...
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As Jose Reyes has flailed and staggered his way to a .184/.261/.286 slash line, there have been very few signs of the player he used to be. Most of a generation has passed through the big leagues since Reyes broke in on June 10, 2003, 14 years ago almost to the day. Aside from a bevy of rehab assignments, Reyes, who received the call a day before his 20th birthday, never returned to the minor...
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On Thursday night the New York Mets dropped a key game against the Washington Nationals 8-3 to drop them 9.5 games out of first place but that was far from the only thing bad news they got on the day. Let’s delve into all of the injury updates that we got from GM Sandy Alderson before the game and, of course, another injury during the game. New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said...
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Despite the news from Thursday night that Matt Harvey will miss several weeks with an injury to his right shoulder, New York Mets GM Sandy Alderson said they will stick with a six-man rotation for the time being. With Harvey out, the current rotation looks like Steven Matz, Seth Lugo, Jacob deGrom, Zack Wheeler and Robert Gsellman. The two candidates to join those five to keep it at six are...
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