It was a sunny but blustery day at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie where the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets by a score of 14-11 in a game that featured 34 hits, 10 walks and 4 errors. Pitching: Matt Harvey made his spring training debut and looked solid in the first, tossing a 1-2-3 inning and sytiking out a pair. In his second inning of work, Harvey was greeted by hard hit...
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Matt Harvey will make his long-awaited Grapefruit League debut on Sunday when the Mets host the Cardinals at 1:10 PM at First Data Field. Right-hander Mike Leake is expected to start for the Cards. Harvey looks to rebound from a 2016 season that was cut short in July by surgery that involved removing a rib to correct his thoracic outlet syndrome. Also expected to pitch for the Mets this...
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It was a year ago last March when Jacob deGrom made his first two Grapefruit League starts and the alarm bells sounded as the hard-throwing right-hander was sitting at just 90-91 MPH and topping out at 93. Concerns about deGrom’s decreased velocity made blaring headlines all through spring training and into the 2016 season. Fast-forward a year later and everyone was all smiles and let out...
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You, me, everyone. We all expected Jay Bruce to be playing for one of 29 other teams by Spring Training. Perhaps the only team that seemed implausible was the New York Mets. And yet, due to a surprisingly weak offseason market for power hitters, Bruce remained a Met much to the surprise of everyone, including Bruce himself. As Bruce told Bob Nightengale of USA Today, “The whole time I...
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Gary Apple and Ron Darling had a spirited give and take during Friday’s 11-3 spring training win over the Astros about Michael Conforto and his possible place on the New York Mets opening day roster. While the Jay Bruce saga has been discussed and argued to death, there is little possibility he will not be on the opening day roster come April 3 when the Atlanta Braves come to Citi Field. So as...
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Good Morning Mets Fans. A Dark Knight will rise on this Sunday as Matt Harvey makes his spring debut for the Metropolitans at 1:05 pm E.T. He will be opposed by Mike Leake and the St. Louis Cardinals. Today’s game can be seen on WPIX and heard on WOR. Harvey is raring to go as he steps back on the mound in a game for the first time since his surgery to address thoracic outlet syndrome....
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