The Mets have released the 25-man roster for tonight’s Wild Card game against the San Francisco Giants. So, without further ado, behold: Pitchers: LHP Jerry Blevins #39 LHP Josh Edgin #66 RHP Bartolo Colon #40 RHP Jeurys Familia #27 RHP Robert Gsellman #65 RHP Addison Reed #43 RHP Hansel Robles #47 RHP Fernando...
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In a year where the New York Mets were decimated by injuries, losing some of their biggest stars in the process, Sandy Alderson still found the necessary pieces to get this team back to the postseason. Rookie pitchers Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo helped to save a starting rotation that lost Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz for the season. Major League castoffs, James Loney and Rene...
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The Amazin’ Metscast – Episode 13 – The Wild Card Episode In this week’s episode, we preview the 2016 NL Wild Card game as our New York Mets take on the San Francisco Giants at Citi Field. We are joined by a variety of guests this week as we get the prospective from all walks of the game. C.J. Nitkowski, former major league pitcher and current MLB analyst takes a look at...
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As the New York Mets wrapped up their regular season in Philadelphia over the weekend, securing the number one Wild Card spot and home field advantage, they await the San Francisco Giants in Queens on Wednesday night, with the winner heading to face the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS starting Friday night. The Mets finished the regular season at 87-75, a true testament to the team’s resilience...
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Eduardo Nunez has been left off the San Francisco Giants Wild Card Game roster with a hamstring injury. On the season, Nunez was hitting .288/.325/.432 with 24 doubles, four triples, 16 homers, 67 RBI, and 40 stolen bases. With Nunez off the roster, the Giants are now without their biggest stolen base threat. For the most part, the Giants are a team without a lot of team speed. After Nunez,...
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Terry Collins spoke to reporters on Tuesday after the team took batting practice at Citi Field in advance of the Wild Card Game on Wednesday. On going up against Madison Bumgarner “Well, he’s outstanding, but this time of year you’re going to face great pitching. We know that. We’re up for it. We faced arguably the best pitcher in baseball last year in our series against...
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