It was 22 years ago today that Dominic Smith, (currently hitting .318 in AAA despite being four years younger than league average) was born. Smith was a graduate from Junipero Serra High School a few miles west of Compton, in Gardena California when he was selected by the Mets with the eleventh overall selection of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. At the time, many Mets fans (and...
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After another misfire on the mound, Matt Harvey’s next appearance will be inside a doctor’s office on Thursday to hopefully find answers as to why he is failing to deliver positive results. Wednesday night Harvey gave up four runs on four hits in four innings – including three home runs. And with his fastball barely pushing past 90 mph, Mets manager Terry Collins was forced to pull him...
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Curtis Granderson came up in the bottom of the eighth inning of a tie game and hit the game-winning blast for the 300th home run of his career. The homer gave the New York Mets a 5-4 lead in an eventual 9-4 win over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night. Granderson becomes one of nine active players that have 300 or more home runs. He is two stolen bases away from 150 in his career and the only...
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Good Morning Mets Fans. The New York Mets (30-34) open up a huge four-game set against the first place Washington Nationals (39-26) tonight as they send Robert Gsellman (5-3, 4.95 ERA) to the mound. The Nats will counter with Gio Gonzalez (5-1, 2.91 ERA) in the opening game. Today’s game is scheduled to begin at 7:10 PM ET and can be seen on SNY as well as heard on 710 WOR LATEST METS NEWS...
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Some very ominous developments on the Matt Harvey front, after he told reporters that he will be examined by team doctors after experiencing arm fatigue during his start on Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs. “I’m just pretty tired — my arm’s just not working at all. In past games it’s taken awhile to get loose, that’s kind of been the issue,” Harvey...
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The New York Mets (30-34) won the rubber game of their series with the Chicago Cubs (32-33) with a 9-4 victory on Wednesday night at Citi Field. Pitching Matt Harvey (4-3, 5.02 ERA) toed the rubber for the Mets on Wednesday. He was greeted with back-to-back home runs by Anthony Rizzo and Ian Happ to start the game. He rebounded to retire 10 of the next 11 Cubs before giving up two more runs in...
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