Joel Sherman of the New York Post the Mets should consider outfielder Ryan Raburn of the Cleveland Indians as a useful player that could help the Mets for the rest of this season and next. Cleveland is in the market for young and controllable bats, he writes, and they are shopping Raburn and lefty swinging outfielder David Murphy. In return, the Mets could give up minor league infielders Gavin...
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Fresno 9, Las Vegas (55-41) 2 The 51’s offense could muster only three hits on the night with the biggest coming from Brandon Allen who hit a two-run homerun in the 2nd inning. The homerun was Allen’s 10th of the season to go along with 48 RBI and he is now hitting .290/.369/.483 on the year but his OPS is .744 on the road. Cory Vaughn was 1-4 ith his 10th double while Travis...
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David Wright remains uncleared to begin baseball activity, general manager Sandy Alderson told Adam Rubin of ESPN New York on Monday. “No change,” Alderson indicated via email when asked if Wright’s status had changed as a result of his weekly Monday examination with back specialist Robert Watkins in Los Angeles. Two weeks ago, manager Terry Collins said Wright was making...
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The Mets (48-45) were defeated by the Nationals (50-41) by a score of 7-2 at Nationals Park in Washington DC monday night. The Nationals now have a 3-game lead in the division. Pitching: Matt Harvey started for the Mets this evening. After allowing 5 runs (4 earned) in the first 3 innings, he settled in and ended up going 7 innings, allowing no further runs allowing the last 14 batters to face...
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Michael Cuddyer is not in the starting lineup Monday after taking oral anti-inflmmatory medication for the deep bone bruise in his left knee, according to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York. Additionally, Terry Collins told reporters this afternoon that in the likelihood Cuddyer ends up on the disabled list, “the team will likely add an outfielder from Triple-A.” You know what that means,...
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The New York Mets head into the Nation’s capital to begin a critical three-game series against the first place Washington Nationals on Monday, after avoiding a sweep in St. Louis against the Cardinals. Matt Harvey (8-6, 3.07) gets the assignment for the series opener and he opposes left-hander Gio Gonzalez (6-4, 3.99) for the Nationals in a 7:05 PM showdown. Michael Cuddyer received an...
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