David Wright’s Captain America moniker may not accurately describe the Mets’ third baseman, considering the strenuous and extensive measures he must go through in order to deem himself healthy to play. After reading an article in the April issue of Men’s Fitness, reporter Ron Berler details the rehab Wright must go through in order to get himself ready to play before each game and how...
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Left fielder Michael Conforto told reporters there was some improvement with the back spasms that forced him out of the game on Wednesday. After a four hour drive from Dunedin, Conforto visited a doctor and received back treatments from trainers at Tradition Field. “It was a little tight this morning,” said Conforto. “Obviously the ride home didn’t help, and sleeping. But...
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Steve Mitchell, USA Today Mets shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, who is recovering from a strained patellar tendon in his left knee, fielded grounders and then took six at-bats as the DH in a minor league intra-squad game on Thursday in Port St. Lucie. According to a report by Marc Carig of Newsday, manager Terry Collins said he’s hoping to to get Cabrera into a Grapefruit League game as soon as...
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The Mets dropped a pair of split-squad games this afternoon against the Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros. Red Sox 4, Mets 1: Logan Verrett started the for the Mets, and tossed four scoreless innings allowing only two hits, and striking out one. Sean Gilmartin relieved Verrett in the fifth and surrendered two runs and four hits, while striking out four over the span of three innings. Erik...
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The New York Mets (7-11-2) will play a pair of split squad games on Thursday as they try to snap a five-game Grapefruit League losing streak. Opening Night starter Matt Harvey will oppose left-hander Dallas Keuchel as the Mets take on the Houston Astros at 1:10 PM in Port St. Lucie. (SNY) New York Mets Curtis Granderson, RF David Wright, 3B Yoenis Cespedes, CF Lucas Duda, 1B Neil Walker, 2B...
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Bartolo Colon threw six scoreless innings against the Toronto Blue Jays in the Mets 3-1 loss on Wednesday. On the same day news had broke that Alex Rodriguez would retire after his contract with the New York Yankees expires in 2017. This had caused “Big Sexy” to be asked on his status, past his current one year contract with the Mets. “For me, I am not worried about it, I take...
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