Update – August 1 Asdrubal Cabrera, who left Sunday’s game against Colorado with a patella tendon strain in his left knee, will have an MRI on Monday according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag. Additionally, as expected the Mets have called up Matt Reynolds from Triple-A Las Vegas. We’ll know a lot more on the severity of the injury sometime this afternoon. Original Report –...
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“He made a meal out of it!” That famous quote from the classic baseball film “The Natural” was the first thing that came to mind when I watched Yoenis Cespedes crush a solo homer into the third deck of the stands at Citi Field during Thursday’s 4-3 win against the Chicago Cubs. Ironically, Cespedes declined an invitation to participate in the upcoming Home Run Derby...
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New York Mets rookie southpaw, Steven Matz pitched through his bone spur issues in Thursday’s 4-3 thrilling victory over the Chicago Cubs. Matz showed improvement over his previous start as he pitched through the pain that comes with his bone spur. Before he took the mound, Matz was treated with anti-inflammatory medication to get him through his outing with reduced pain and discomfort....
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New York Mets rookie, Brandon Nimmo came through in a big way in Thursday’s 4-3 comeback victory over the Chicago Cubs. Sitting atop the order in his Citi Field debut, Nimmo helped to electrify a stagnant Mets offense. Nimmo, 23, who was 1-for-4 on the night, saved his hit for the biggest at-bat of the game. Coming up with runners on first and second in the seventh and the team trailing by...
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The New York Mets (41-37) defeated the Chicago Cubs (51-27) by a score of 4-3 tonight. However, the Nationals also won, so the Mets were unable to gain any ground in the standings. Pitching: Steven Matz, dealing with the widely talked about bone spur in his elbow, toed the rubber for the Mets tonight and quickly served up a two-run shot to Kris Bryant in the first, as a collective sigh flooded...
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T.J. Rivera, Travis Taijeron, and Gabriel Ynoa were named to the 2016 Pacific Coast League All-Star team. Rivera was signed out of Troy University as an undrafted free agent in 2011. This is Rivera’s second year playing in Las Vegas. He has split time between first, second, third, and left field while hitting .361/.400/.521 with seven homers and 52 RBI. He was previously named the Pacific Coast...
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