Down a run with two outs in the ninth inning, Mets shortstop Gavin Cecchini stepped to the plate against former Met Francisco Rodriguez and delivered, driving home the game’s tying run. However, Team Italy could not pull through and eventually fell to Team Venezuela, 11-10 in ten innings, in WBC Pool D action on Saturday. The knock was nearly a game-winner for the 23-year-old, but former...
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The Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals by a score of 6-0 this afternoon at First Data Field. Pitching: Steven Matz toed the rubber to start the game for the Mets today and handed in three innings, allowing one unearned run on three hits, while striking out two. Next in line was Paul Sewald, who registered two clean innings to lower his preseason ERA to 1.29. Erik Goeddel and Tom...
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Steven Matz will make his second start of the spring against the Washington Nationals at First Data Field at 1:10 PM. He will be opposed by Nats top pitching prospect Erick Fedde. The game will be televised on SNY and available via radio on WOR. Matz threw two scoreless innings with three hits allowed and a strikeout in his first Grapefruit League start on March 6 against the Miami Marlins. RHP...
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The Mets have made their first round of cuts this spring, reassigning Dominic Smith and P.J. Conlon as well as seven other players to minor league camp. Smith, 21, hit a meager .185 in 27 at-bats this spring while fanning 10 times. The first baseman is ranked the Mets second best prospect behind only Amed Rosario, according to MLB.com Conlon, 23, pitched 7.2 innings this spring while registering...
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The first week of spring training, New York Mets starting pitcher Zack Wheeler was said to have suffered a setback. Yesterday, Friday, Wheeler made his first start of the spring, continuing his long road back from Tommy John surgery. Wheeler missed the entire 2015 and 2016 seasons after undergoing the surgery in 2015. He was expected to come back during the 2016 season, but was never healthy...
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After a rough first spring start, Matt Harvey bounced back yesterday, allowing just one run over three innings in a 7-6 loss to the Astros. Harvey gave up just two hits to the Astros, one of them being a third-inning solo homer to Reid Brignac. He also walked a batter and struck out two. Perhaps more important than any of that is Harvey’s velocity, which was between 92 and 94 miles per...
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