Lending credence to reports that the Mets will be promoting pitching prospect Steven Matz sooner rather than later, about a dozen advance scouts were in attendance last night in Las Vegas to watch the young southpaw pitch. (New York Post) Earlier this week, Sandy Alderson told reporters that Matz had nothing left to prove in the minors and that if it weren’t for a packed rotation, he...
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The Mets have placed right-handed relief pitcher Erik Goeddel on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow strain. In his place, Daniel Muno has been recalled again from Triple-A. Goeddel, 26, has a 1.96 ERA over 23 innings with the Mets. In that span, he has struck out 23 batters and walked just seven. Muno, 26, has a .100/.182/.100 slash line in 22 plate appearances with the Mets this...
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The first place New York Mets welcome the Atlanta Braves to Citi Field for a weekend series beginning tonight at 7:10 PM. Bartolo Colon (8-4, 4.52 ERA) starts for the Mets and opposes left-hander Alex Wood (4-3, 3.36) for the Braves. The Mets are 21-11 vs. the NL East this year, including 15-5 at home. The .656 winning percentage is the best among all the NL East teams. Mets pitchers lead the...
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The Mets just announced that Dillon Gee will start on Sunday against the Atlanta Braves, pushing Noah Syndergaard back to Monday when the team plays the Toronto Blue Jays. No other explanation was given, but Adam Rubin cites Sandy Alderson as saying the plan is a “6-Man Lite Rotation” and the team will use Gee whenever they can. “This was always a six-man light, five-man heavy...
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Casey Delgado had been pitching in the Frontier League for the Traverse City Beach Bums where he started two games this year going 1-1 with a 1.69 ERA before the Mets signed him on May 28th. Delgado was thrown into immediate action pitching the night he was assigned to the Savannah Sand Gnats going 4 scoreless innings and getting the win on a walk-off HR by Jon Leroux. Delgado allowed just one...
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Usually, when a guy is out almost two months, you wonder if it will take them a little while to find their stroke again due to missing so much time. Before Travis d’Arnaud went down with a fractured metacarpal bone in his right hand, he was looking like he was on his way to breaking out, and becoming the catcher we expected we were getting when we traded for him. All together this season,...
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