Juan Lagares will be activated from the disabled list before tonight’s game, the team announced this afternoon. Lagares has been out since late-July with a torn ligament in his left hand, which he had been dealing with for months prior to opting for surgery. He has not yet taken any live batting practice, so he will be strictly a defensive replacement for the time being. Lagares was...
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Bartolo Colon is a beast, we all know that. The sexy 43-year-old starting pitcher has defied all of our expectations and has pitched brilliantly this season. So far in 2016, he is 13-7 with a 3.27 ERA. In 170.2 innings, he has struck out 110 and walked only 30. Colon has many accomplishments under his already strained belt. The four-time All Star has the most wins (231) of any active pitcher, 13...
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In the face of adversity, you can either succumb to it, or you can get stronger from it. With the string of injuries the Mets have dealt with on a consistent basis this year, low risk and low cost moves have proved to be critical in the Mets current standings in the wild card. Marc Carig of NewsDay highlighted in this article earlier this morning that the acquisitions of Jose Reyes, Kelly...
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144 down and 16 to go as the New York Mets put the finishing touches on another memorable and exciting regular season, and prepare themselves for what will be a second straight adrenaline-fueled postseason. What makes this year all the more amazing is that when the Mets finally put the pedal to the metal when the calendar turned to August, the names fueling this run weren’t what I...
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This list is made from the Top 50 that we do over at MetsMinors.net and Max Wotell was our #20 prospect before he was traded, so we’re moving Phillip Evans into our list at #50, and the rest move up. Technically, Gregory Guerrero becomes our #20 prospect but since we already wrote about him in the last article we decided to highlight Evans who won the Eastern League batting title. #50 Phillip...
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Chipper Jones has been the gold standard for “Mets Killers” for almost 20 years. But now, Daniel Murphy is giving him a run for his money. “Murph” got a hit in all 19 games he played against the Mets this season, as he batted .413/.444/.773 with seven homers and 21 RBI for the Nats this season. These numbers put many of Chipper’s seasons against the Mets to shame....
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