The New York Mets activated Juan Lagares from the disabled list on Saturday and to make room for him optioned RHP Seth Lugo to Triple-A Las Vegas. Lagares is expected to be in the starting lineup on Sunday against Chicago Cubs left-hander Jon Lester. Lugo pitched a scoreless inning during his short stay with the Mets. Original Report – July 1 General manager Sandy Alderson suggested that...
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Saturday, July 2 2016 • 7:15 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Jake Arrieta (12-2, 2.10) vs. RHP Bartolo Colon (6-4, 2.86) FOX • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM I’m not sure what was louder at Citi Field last night: the thunder or the bats! The Mets finally woke up offensively as they smashed 5 homers including back to back shots by James Loney and Asdrubal Cabrera, a second homer for...
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In many ways it is fitting that James Loney was assigned the number 28 by the Mets. Loney is a left-handed contact hitter that has been pressed into action at first base after the Mets lost Lucas Duda to a back injury. Throughout their careers, Loney and Daniel Murphy have been very similar hitters. Coming into this season, Loney was a career .285/.338/.411 hitter who averaged 25 doubles and...
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New York Mets shortstop, Asdrubal Cabrera had a challenging June to say the least. Last night though was the first day of July, and as the calendar turned so it seemed did Cabrera as the Mets dominated the Cubs by a score of 10-2 Friday night. Last night saw Cabrera hit two homers as he went 2-for-4 on the night with three RBI. Cabrera is the first Mets shortstop to record a multi-homer game...
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New York Mets pitcher, Jacob deGrom finally was able to earn that elusive win as the team dominated the Chicago Cubs by a score of 10-2. Jacob sustained a 68-minute rain delay after the second inning to earn that win. “I kept throwing just on and off, kind of like it was an inning, and just kept trying to stay loose,” deGrom said. (ESPN) The deGrominator went five innings before giving way to...
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June is over, thankfully, and the Mets are rapidly approaching the half way mark of the season which they will eclipse after Sunday’s series finale with the Chicago Cubs. It was quite the underwhelming month with very few positive story lines to highlight. The offense continues to rank last or close to it in most categories. Not only was the club last in the MLB in runs scored with 87,...
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