Jay Bruce was not supposed to be on the 2017 New York Mets roster, yet here he is, and helping them win games as their season hovers on life support. Another case of that was Wednesday night when Bruce hit two home run in the Mets 4-3 win over the Texas Rangers. Bruce had half of the Mets hits and drove in three of the four runs. Both homers came off Yu Darvish, whom struck out nine and allowed...
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I had the opportunity to catch the Binghamton Rumble Ponies play a doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon with them splitting the two games thanks to dominant pitching performance from Chris Flexen. Flexen, 22, was making his Double-A debut for Binghamton after making three starts with the St. Lucie Mets to begin the season. He pitched a seven-inning complete game while allowing only five hits,...
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Zack Wheeler has been arguably the Mets best pitcher in the 2017 season despite being out the last two seasons. In March, Wheeler was fighting for a spot in the team’s rotation and the only reason he made it is due to an injury to Steven Matz. Sounds an awful lot like his teammate, Michael Conforto, who only made the team due to an injury. It is crazy to think how bad the team would be...
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There’s no doubt that Asdrubal Cabrera has played a good portion of the 2017 for the New York Mets banged up. There’s also no question that his already below average range at shortstop has taken a serious hit. Cabrera’s -3.5 UZR is the second worst in baseball among qualified shortstops and his .946 fielding percentage is also the second worst. Cabrera, who had seven errors at...
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Las Vegas 51s (24-36) 5 vs. Salt Lake Bees (33-27) 3 Box Score Brandon Nimmo CF: 1 for 4, 3B, 2 RBI, R, BB, K .224/.366/.392 Amed Rosario SS: 1 for 4, HR, 2 RBI, R, K .339/.381/.502 Dominic Smith 1B: 2 for 4, R, K .321/.373/.477 Kevin Plawecki C: 2 for 3, BB .319/.355/.493 Amed Rosario hit his sixth home run of the season, giving the 51s some insurance runs. Six home runs is a new career high...
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3 UP 1. There’s Still Fight In This Team It’s easy to get despondent about this team. The starters are having nightmare seasons. The bullpen is undermanned and overworked. Despite all of this, the Mets still fight. Down five against Matt Bush and his 1.37 ERA, the Mets rallied hitting two homers scoring three runs. They had runners on first and second with no outs, but they could not...
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