Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said that the team will hold a private workout for Cuban free agent Yulieski Gourriel. “We’re going to do our due diligence on that player,” Alderson said Tuesday. “We have made arrangements to do that. At the same time, that player hasn’t seen live pitching for weeks, if not months.” “It’s not clear how long a player in that situation would take to be...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Ian Kennedy (5-5, 4.17) vs. RHP Bartolo Colon (6-3, 3.01) SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets have lost three straight games and are 4-6 in their last 10 games. Starting tonight, New York will play 20 straight games before the All-Star break. Mets Lineup Curtis Granderson – RF Asdrubal Cabrera – SS Yoenis Cespedes – CF Neil...
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The Mets have placed Jim Henderson on the disabled list with right biceps tendinitis and have recalled Sean Gilmartin from Triple-A Las Vegas. Henderson had initially been diagnosed with a right shoulder impingement and was listed as day to day. Gilmartin, 26, will wear #36 and will be available for tonight’s game. Gilmartin was 8-3 with a 4.48 ERA (35 earned runs/70.1 innings) in 12 starts for...
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Mets officially have activated Travis d’Arnaud from the disabled list and optioned Kevin Plawecki to Triple-A Las Vegas. D’Arnaud had been on the 15-Day Disabled List since April 26, with a right rotator cuff strain. He hit .317 (13-41) with four doubles, seven RBI, five runs scored and 11 walks in 11 rehabilitation games between St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League and Las Vegas...
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The Mets have just announced that Noah Syndergaard will not pitch tonight against the Kansas City Royals as planned. Instead, Bartolo Colon will pitch tonight and Syndergaard will start against the Royals in Wednesday’s finale. Though the Mets have given no reason, it’s obvious they made this move so that Syndergaard will face the Nationals next Monday in DC. Had he pitched tonight...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Carl Aridas In a recent interview, featured here on Metsmerized Online, Mets’ great Darryl Strawberry stated that the 2016 NY Mets couldn’t compare to the 1986 Mets team that won the World Series. Given that the 1986 anniversary celebration just passed at Shea, errr Citi Field, I wondered whether Darryl was correct in his assertion that the current team “is not even...
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