The Mets (1-1) defeated the Kansas City Royals (1-1) by a score of 2-0 this afternoon at Kauffman Stadium, and in the process, split the series. Pitching: Noah Syndergaard got the start for the Mets, and was outstanding, tossing six scoreless innings striking out nine and allowing three hits, while walking just one. Jim Henderson, who had a very strong spring, picked up right where he left off,...
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The New York Mets signed catcher Rene Rivera to a minor league deal on Tuesday, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. Rivera, 32, was released by the Rays near the end of spring training and is regarded as an excellent defensive catcher. A career .211/.258/.331 hitter in 334 major league games, Rivera will report to Triple-A Las Vegas and serve as organizational depth. Barring...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016 • 4:15 p.m. (ET) Kauffman Stadium • Kansas City, MO RHP Noah Syndergaard (9-7, 3.24) vs. RHP Chris Young (11-6, 3.06) SNY • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets look to split the series with the Royals this afternoon after dropping the first game of the season 4-3. After a slow start to the game with a few mental miscues and some lucky breaks for the Royals...
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Sunday night I came away with the same impression of David Wright as everyone else did. He looked done. He couldn’t catch up to the fastball. He couldn’t get anything on his throws. It’s just really hard to play baseball when you have a fork sticking out of your back – it’s worse when you have spinal stenosis. Buster Olney of ESPN even penned what seemed like a...
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Noah Syndergaard, the 6’6″ intimidating right-hander of the New York Mets has brought some much needed thunder to this ball club. In game three of the 2015 World Series, Thor took the ball for a team that needed something to infuse some extra zest into a team that was down 2-0. With the very first pitch of that game, he threw an up and in 98 MPH fastball to Alcides Escobar,...
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Opening Day 2016 didn’t get off to the start that Met fans were hoping for. That’s probably the biggest understatement I could make. And while the Mets did show some late life in the top of the eighth inning, they couldn’t drive in the tying run, and lost to the Kansas City Royals 4-3. Fans have no doubt looked at the blemishes this game provided, the Yoenis Cespedes gaffe in the first inning,...
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