The acquisition of Jay Bruce leaves the Mets with four corner outfielders on their roster and no true center fielder. Yoenis Cespedes, who had been playing center, has removed himself from that position due to his seemingly never-ending quad injury. With this being the case, the plan seems to be to have Michael Conforto and Curtis Granderson to split time in center while Cespedes and Bruce man...
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Just as the Mets closed June so too did they end July by winning at home in the month’s final game to snap a four-game losing streak. Despite winning Sunday and Neil Walker suddenly hot again, the Mets’ offense has been in a three-month slide. The Mets end July ranking third in the NL in homers with 132, 11th in on-base percentage (.305), 13th in RBI (365), 14th in runs scored (375) and last in...
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On July 13, 2016, Rafael Montero was demoted to AA Binghamton due to his struggles at AAA Las Vegas. Montero has pitched much better since being demoted, and this past week, Montero was named the Eastern League’s Pitcher of the Week for the week ending July 30, 2016. Last week, Montero made two starts going 1-1 allowing just seven hits, two runs, two earned, and three walks with 15 strikeouts...
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New month, a new player, same old problems. Having a Triple-A team in Las Vegas, or approximately 2,250 miles from your big league club is just one of the things that burned the Mets in the Subway Series opener Monday night. In what feels like a terminal condition, the Mets were playing with a 23 man roster as both Asdrubal Cabrera and Yoenis Cespedes active but unavailable. And it burned...
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Needing a replacement for the injured Asdrubal Cabrera, the Mets called upon Matt Reynolds yet again. Reynolds came back up from Vegas with a fury in Tuesday’s 6-5 loss to the Yankees. With his team trailing by a score of 3-2 at the time, Reynolds came to bat and popped a three-run shot over the wall of Citi. It put the Mets on top for the time being by a score of 5-3, unfortunately for...
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Update – Aug 1 After tonight’s 6-5 loss to the New York Yankees, manager Terry Collins spoke to reporters and said that left fielder Yoenis Cespedes will not be in the starting lineup on Tuesday for a third straight game. Collins added that he is hoping that Cespedes will be available to pinch-hit, but he won’t know until he checks in with him tomorrow. During the Mets...
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