The Mets added more injury to insult to their pitching woes on Thursday. Paul Blackburn was placed on the 15-day Injured List due to a right shoulder impingement. The team also placed Dedniel Núñez on the 15-day IL with a right elbow sprain. Both pitchers could never quite find their footing so far this 2025 season. Blackburn missed the start of the year after he spent the offseason recovering...
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Sean Manaea gave up three runs (two earned) in three innings for Double-A Binghamton and threw 39 of 60 pitches for strikes in his first rehab start since June 19. After that start, he said he had pain in his left elbow. An MRI showed loose bodies, he received a cortisone shot and was shut down from throwing for two to three days. Jesse Winker, also playing for Binghamton, homered in his second...
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Jonah Tong is putting together one of the most dominant stretches in Binghamton Rumble Ponies history. On Wednesday, the 22-year-old right-hander was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Month for June, his second consecutive win. No player in franchise history had ever won the award in back-to-back months. Tong was nearly untouchable in June, posting a 0.93 ERA and 0.69 WHIP over five starts...
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For much of the last few weeks, the Mets lineup has felt like it has been running on fumes. Consistent offensive production has been hard to come by. After a stretch of the season where it felt like everybody was hot – Luis Torrens seemingly barreled every ball, Brett Baty flirting with a near-.800 OPS – this offense has become a shadow of itself. Long scoring droughts, missed opportunities with...
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Juan Soto has been named the National League Player of the Month for June. The 26-year-old batted a scalding .322/.474/.722 with 11 homers and 20 RBIs while drawing 25 walks against 20 strikeouts and scoring 25 runs in 116 plate appearances. Soto became the first Met to record 25 hits and 25 walks in a calendar month since David Wright in August of 2007. He also had two multi-homer games in the...
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The Mets are calling up right-handed reliever Rico Garcia, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. Garcia, who joins the team ahead of Thursday’s rubber game against the Brewers, last appeared in the major leagues in 2023 for the Nationals. Garcia can be expected to go multiple innings out of the bullpen if needed. He has thrown at least 35 pitches in five of his last six outings, so...
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