Mike Puma of the NY Post reports that the Mets aren’t finished looking for relief help. Even with the additions of Tyler Clippard and Eric O’Flaherty, their bullpen has been unreliable and inconsistent during the second half. Mets’ relievers own an ERA just above four since the break, and they have allowed 13 runs in their last 17 innings. Puma says the Mets have looked into...
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With David Wright finally returning to the Mets for tomorrow’s game, the Mets will keep both Logan Verrett and Michael Conforto on the roster, instead optioning left-handed relief pitcher Dario Alvarez back to Triple-A Las Vegas. Verrett, 25, will presumably be used, as he was today, as a spot starter over the last few weeks of the season, helping to conserve innings for Matt Harvey, Noah...
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The Mets (67-56) completed the sweep of the Colorado Rockies (49-73) this afternoon at Coors Field by a score of 5-1. Pitching: Logan Verrett was just what the doctor ordered in a spot start today. The rookie tossed eight very impressive innings, allowing just one run on four hits, while striking out eight and walking just one. Verrett picks up his first big league win in his first career start....
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The New York Mets will try to complete their first ever season-series sweep of the Colorado Rockies this evening at Coors Field. Making his first major league start, RHP Logan Verrett (0-1, 2.82) will oppose Rockies right-hander David Hale (3-4, 6.17) in Sunday’s 4:10 PM finale. The Mets are 6-0 against the Rockies this season. The Mets have scored 14 runs in consecutive games. It is the...
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Denver beat reporter Tracy Ringolsby of MLB.com writes about how patience has paid off for Mets manager Terry Collins who is a big league manager for the third time. He is having fun, writes Ringolsby, and it is not just because the Mets are in first place in the National League East. Mainly it is because Collins is so much more comfortable with his situation. “I am much more...
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‘Put on your running shoes’ could be the motto for Wally Backman’s Las Vegas 51’s this summer. The scrappy 2014 PCL Manager of the Year has used the running game as a weapon in leading his team to a possible first place finish in the Southern Division. Las Vegas ranks fifth out of sixteen PCL teams in stolen bases this year, a huge leap over the previous two seasons when the club finished second...
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