According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Mets, Nationals, Yankees and Cubs are among just some of the teams who have recently contacted the Oakland A’s about acquiring the very versatile Ben Zobrist. With demand for Zobrist increasing day by day, Billy Beane has the luxury of letting this play out as long as he can while increasing the competition and bidding for his valued asset. If the...
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Last night, Jeurys Familia showed why he’s the closer of the future for the Mets. He entered the game with one out in the eighth and finished off a five-out save. It marked Familia’s third straight outing of more than one inning and his fourth this season. Familia’s numbers this season are absolutely incredible. The 25 year-old has a 1.35 ERA in 26.2 innings over 25 games,...
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Memphis 10, Las Vegas (29-26) 9 The Las Vegas offense has really struggled during their now 9-game losing streak but they finally did their part on Thursday night spotting Darin Gorski and company a 6-1 lead going into the 2nd inning. The 51’s had a 8-4 lead heading into the bottom of the 7th with rehabbing Vic Black coming into the game who got rocked. Black managed to get just one while...
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The Mets recently took a team picture with everyone wearing orange in support of the “Everytown for Gun Safety” organization, which was founded by Michael Bloomberg and Piers Morgan last year. Dillon Gee then fired back on Twitter after reading a news story about the team’s support for gun control: http://t.co/2B6lhSjyGz this is not why i put on that shirt this day. I in no way...
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There is an interesting issue that arises with fans. There is an obvious notion that often goes overlooked. It’s easy to say that the Mets should expunge the current dead weight of their rotation. It’s easy to point fingers at Dillon Gee and Jon Niese at this point, both of whom have not been pitching well recently. Niese and Gee don’t necessarily have high upsides at this...
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It’s no secret that John Mayberry started out his Mets tenure mired in a dreadful slump. Coming into last night’s game, Mayberry was batting .137 with only seven hits all year. Despite these numbers, Terry Collins decided to start the right handed slugger against Diamondbacks’ lefty Robbie Ray. With a huge night at the plate, Mayberry rewarded his manager’s confidence....
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