Monday, June 12, 2017 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP John Lackey (4-6, 5.12) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (4-3, 4.75) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM What a difference two days make! After Friday’s loss, it felt like the season was completely slipping away from the Mets. Since then, the Mets had dominant starts from Gsellman, Matz and Lugo and took the last three...
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Baseballs ask permission to be excused when they’re next in line to be pitched to Wilmer Flores. Flores is hitting .385/.405/.603 over the last 30 days, having gone 30-for-78. Among players with at least 75 at-bats during that span, only Charlie Blackmon’s .392 average (44-for-112) is a better mark. His overall .326 average would be tied for 10th in majors if he qualified, but...
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3 UP 1. Starting Pitching Is Looking Up With the Mets poor start, they had little choice but to pin their hopes on the rotation improving when Seth Lugo and Steven Matz returned from the Disabled List. Finally, in this series, Lugo and Matz were activated off the Disabled List and were great. In fact, the entire Mets rotation was great. The worst start the Mets got was five shut out innings...
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The MLB Draft starts today! The Mets have the 20th overall pick and there are a host of options for the Mets to consider. Keith Law of ESPN released his latest mock draft for insiders on Sunday Morning. He has the Mets selecting LSU righty Alex Lange. Law writes, “The Mets have been attached to a few college bats, though I think they would take Lange or Nate Pearson over Logan Warmoth if all...
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Saturday’s double header saw the return of Yoenis Cespedes to the line-up and Steven Matz to the rotation. Both had phenomenal days at the plate and on the mound respectively, and Sunday brought more of the same with the return of starting pitcher Seth Lugo. The 27-year-old righty pitched seven strong for the Mets, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out six....
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Terry Collins believes the Mets are back on track after a successful series win against the Atlanta Braves. The Mets won the final three games of the four game set with the help of Yoenis Cespedes, Steven Matz and Seth Lugo making their returns from the disabled list. “I think we’re going to start seeing what we expected,” Collins said after yesterday’s 2-1 win over Atlanta. (Mark Carig,...
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