The Mets are streaking! After playing almost two games worth of baseball last night, the Mets won their 5th game in a row and moved to an even 2-2 against the Marlins this season. It was a real back and forth game as the Marlins jumped out to an early 4-0 lead before the Mets tied it up and then took a 7-4 lead. More odds and ends later and the game 8-8 until the 16th where the Mets got a lead...
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The New York Mets have announced that left-handed pitcher Sean Gilmartin has been promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas. Gilmartin went 3.1 innings, allowing three runs on four hits, walk and struck out five in his only start of the season for Vegas last Sunday. To make room for him on the 25-man roster, infielder T.J. Rivera was optioned to the Las Vegas 51s. Rivera has gone 0 for 3 with two walks...
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Even if the 26-year-old makes you want to rip the hair out of your head on occasions, you have to commend him for gutting out two strong innings to seal the win for the Metropolitans early Friday morning. Pitching in four consecutive games, Hansel Robles came on for the 15th and 16th innings as the last available pitcher out of the bullpen in the Mets eventual defeat of the Marlins 9-8 in a game...
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Each of the last two seasons GM Sandy Alderson has made August trades to help boost the New York Mets bullpen for the stretch run. Not only did the acquisitions of Addison Reed in 2015 and Fernando Salas in 2016 pay dividends on the way to back-to-back playoff appearances, but now those two arms are carrying the back-end of the Mets bullpen in April of 2017. Reed has already pitched in six of...
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE The Las Vegas 51s (3-5) continue a seven-game homestand, which includes one more against the Fresno Grizzlies, and three with the Sacramento River Cats. The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (4-3) continue their first homestand of the the season at NYSEG Stadium against the Erie SeaWolves. The St. Lucie Mets (3-5) will host the renamed Florida Fire Frogs for three games this weekend....
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The Mets managed to pull off a nail-biter win against the Marlins in 16 innings. Just about every Met had a meaningful moment in the game but none had a bigger game than Travis d’Arnaud. Travis went 4 for 6 last night including some huge hits. The first came in the second inning when the Marlins were up 4-0 after a Marcell Ozuna grand slam. The Mets had the bases loaded and one out with...
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