The New York Mets and the Tampa Bay Rays will hook up to play a rubber match this afternoon at Tropicana Field after splitting the first two games of the series. Bartolo Colon (10-10, 4.72) will try to clinch a series win for the Mets and he opposes right-hander Chris Archer (10-8, 2.54) for the Rays in the 1:10 PM showdown. The Mets have hit a home run in 10 of their last 11 games and their 19...
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The Mets are hot. There’s no denying that. But that is precisely why it’s time to play the Devil’s advocate; this whole “score 8 runs per game, make Terry look like a genius, do no wrong” type of play isn’t likely to show up in every one of the 53 games left in the regular season. And even if it did and the Mets won the division by 18 games or so, what fun...
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Had the Top 25 prospect list already to go last week until Sandy Alderson happily put a pretty big wrench into my plans and list. Four of the five players traded were going to be on my list with Michael Fulmer leading the group at #4, Casey Meisner at #9, Luis Cessa at #16, and Robert Whalen at #22. That combined with Noah Syndergaard, Kevin Plawecki, Dilson Herrera, and Rafael Montero all...
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After being handed a 3-0 lead in the first, Noah Syndergaard struggled through his worst start of the season on Saturday night as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Mets by a score of 4-5 in Tropicana Field. Syndergaard, 22, lasted just 4.0 innings and allowed five earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six batters. The young right-hander seemed off right from the start, failing...
Read MoreThe Rays defeated the Mets tonight by a score of 5-4 at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay. The loss snaps the Mets seven game winning streak. Offense: The night started off promising as the Mets offense exploded for three runs in the first inning against Nate Karns. Curtis Granderson led off the game with a home run, and Lucas Duda hit a two run double shortly after to extend the Mets lead. It was a...
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The NL East leading New York Mets will look to extend their seven-game winning streak tonight against the Tampa Bay Rays tonight at Tropicana Field. Rookie of the Year hopeful Noah Syndergaard (6-5, 2.66) will take the mound for the Mets and will oppose right-hander Nathan Karns (6-5, 3.37) for the Rays in the 6:10 PM matchup. On Friday, the Mets sent Single-A right-hander Dawrin Frias to the...
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