Left fielder Michael Cuddyer continues to deal with a sore left knee and has missed five of the last seven games, including Tuesday night’s loss to the Giants and perhaps this afternoon’s series finale as well. While Cuddyer has already received a cortisone shot to reduce the pain, manager Terry Collins backtracked on Tuesday night saying his knee was “acting up.” “It’s...
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Stat Line: 6 IP, 3 R, 10 H, 4 SO, 0 BB Last night, Bartolo Colon pitched well in the New York Mets 3-0 to the San Francisco Giants as he allowed ten relatively soft singles coupled with poor defense both by himself and the Mets infield. In this article I will discuss how Colons fastball command correlated to poor contact by Giants hitters and the reason Colon should throw his changeup more...
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Outfield prospects Michael Conforto and Brandon Nimmo have both made it onto Baseball America’s Midseason Top 50 Prospects rankings. Conforto, who checked in at No. 14, is up there with catching prospect Kyle Schwarber (No. 6) as the top college bats from the 2014 draft. Selected 10th overall out of Oregon State, Conforto is enjoying a breakthrough season, his second as a pro, and is...
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Brad Kallet of CBS New York believes that Alderson should be fired if the Mets fail to reach the postseason. While Kallet thinks the Wilpons are the main problem, he also says that Alderson shares responsibility. “He’s had his chance, and enough is enough. No more leeway. No more waiting. No more long-winded raps about how there’s no reason to panic and a plan is in place, that everything...
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Albuquerque 3, Las Vegas (47-38) 0 Game One The 51’s offense was limited to three hits by Rockies pitching prospect Jon Gray and former Colorado Rockie Rex Brothers who picked up the save. Matthew Bowman was the tough luck loser moving his record to 5-10 on the year. Bowman pitched a complete game going 7 innings allowing three runs (two earned) on seven hits, one walk, and struck...
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The Mets (43-42) were defeated by the Giants (43-42) by a score of 3-0 Tuesday Night / Wednesday morning at AT&T Park. Pitching: Bartolo Colon started for the Mets, going 6 innings allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 10 hits and 4 strikeouts. While the Giants’ hits were, for the most part, not hit too hard, they were still able to string them together and scrape together 3 runs. He was...
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