According to Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post, reigning Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer is still unable to throw a fastball pain free. Scherzer was originally slated to pitch in the World Baseball Classic for the USA, but he was forced to withdraw due to the pain from the stress fracture in the ring finger of his pitching hand. While the fracture has healed to the point that Scherzer is...
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Good Morning everyone. The New York Mets opened up Grapefruit league play with a crisp 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Michael Conforto and Travis d’Arnaud, two of the Mets who are both being looked at under a fine microscope in spring training got it going early for the boys from Queens. Conforto was 2-for-3 on Friday with a home run and was excited to get off to a fast...
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The New York Mets opened up the 2017 Spring Training season with a 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox behind solo home runs by Michael Conforto and Gavin Cecchini as well as solid pitching from by Seth Lugo, Marcos Molina and Rafael Montero. What we learned from Terry Collins after the game – Michael Conforto Strong Start Needs To Continue “He’s got to show he belongs back in the big...
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The New York Mets defeated the Boston Red Sox this afternoon in the first Spring Training game of the season by a 3-2 score. Pitching – Seth Lugo got the start today and tossed two scoreless innings with three strikeouts, two walks and didn’t allow a hit. Right-handed pitching prospect Marcos Molina followed Lugo with two perfect innings of work without a strikeout. In his final...
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The New York Mets begin their Spring Training schedule on the road in Fort Myers against the Boston Red Sox. Right-hander Seth Lugo makes the start for the Mets and is opposed by left-hander Henry Owens for the Red Sox. The game begins at 1:05 PM at JetBlue Park and it’s not televised but can be heard on WOR. New York Mets Juan Lagares, CF T.J. Rivera, 3B Michael Conforto, RF Wilmer...
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Former New York Met pitcher Frank Viola is hoping that he will make it to the big leagues once again, this time as a coach. This season Sweet Music will be the pitching coach for the Mets Triple-A affiliate the Las Vegas 51s. It will be the fourth season for Viola as the 51s pitching coach and his seventh overall in the Mets organization as a coach. Viola thought he was going to get that chance...
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