Thursday, July 7, 2016 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Lucas Giolito (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Bartolo Colon (7-4, 2.87) SNY • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Nationals swept the Mets in DC last week, and the Mets looked primed to spiral out of control with the Cubs coming to town. Since then, the Mets have swept the Cubs and took 2 of 3 from the Marlins, gaining great confidence and...
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The news that Matt Harvey may miss a significant amount of time due to the possibility that he may have thoracic outlet syndrome is devastating to not only Harvey himself, but also to the Mets rotation. While Harvey was struggling all year with a 4.86 ERA, he is also a pitcher who the Mets counted on in big games. We have seen it time and time again with him whether it was him almost pitching a...
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As Matt Harvey becomes the latest Met that falls to injury, landing on the disabled list with right shoulder discomfort, Adam Rubin of ESPN wonders if we will ever see all five young starters ever pitch together in the Mets rotation. It is quite a fair question to ask as we have yet to see the fab five come together all at once and show what they can do. As one gets healthy, another always...
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Baseball Prospectus released their midseason Top 50 Prospects with J.P. Crawford, Yoan Moncada, Julio Urias, Alex Bregman and Brendan Rodgers as their top five. The only Mets prospect on the list is shortstop Amed Rosario at number #15, which is a huge jump from #98 where BP had him coming into the season. Here the excerpt from BP on why he was ranked number 15: Why He’ll Succeed: Rosario keeps...
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Salt Lake Bees 12 (Angels, 40-44), Las Vegas 51s 5 (45-40) Box Score Dilson Herrera 2B 2 for 3, HR, 2B, 4 RBI .278 Gavin Cecchini SS 0 for 5, .328 Herrera played 7 innings in his return from a hamstring injury, that kept him out of the lineup for the last 6 games. He has dealt with back and hamstring injuries often this year, unfortunately. Rafael Montero RHP 3 IP, 9 H, 10 ER, 3 BB, 3 K 7.20 ERA...
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Jeurys Familia tied the Mets’ single-season saves record last season. This year, he seems poised to break it. The Mets All Star closer has already collected 30 saves in 86 games this season and will need just 14 saves over the final 76 games of the season to break the all-time franchise record. ESPN.com currently projects him to finish the season with 58 saves, which would smash the mark...
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