Update, May 29 Travis d’Arnaud now reportedly has a bone bruise in his right wrist, which will delay his return to the Mets. d’Arnaud recently felt discomfort while swinging. He saw a hand specialist in Florida and will stay in St. Lucie for the time being. May 26 Big step forward for Travis d’Arnaud who played and caught five innings in an extended spring training game this...
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Earlier today, the Philadelphia Phillies designated outfielder Grady Sizemore for assignment in order to make room on the active roster for Cody Asche, who has spent the last several weeks at Triple-A transitioning from third base to outfield. Sizemore, 32, is only hitting .245/.288/.296 in 39 games for the Phillies this season, but can be valuable to a team as a fourth outfielder or a pinch...
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The New York Mets open a three-game series against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field on Friday. Matt Harvey (5-2, 2.91) will try to put his last start behind him and he will oppose right-hander Dan Haren (4-2, 3.09) for the Marlins at 7:10 PM. Harvey is one of only two starters in the last 100 years to allow one run or fewer in 23 of his first 45 career games, the other is Dwight Gooden. In...
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For the last year and a half Met fans have been speculating about the future of the shortstop position ever since the failed Ruben Tejada experiment. Mets GM Sandy Alderson has been able to stay level headed throughout the process and stick with what he feels will be best for the team and its future despite the heavy critisicm. That plan was to stay home grown and give Wilmer Flores a crack at...
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The Mets twitter account broke the news we have all been waiting for at 10:14 today. With the promotion of Jayce Boyd to Las Vegas yesterday it was only a matter of time before the Mets made the move to promote Michael Conforto to Binghamton. Conforto was hitting .283/.350/.462 with 12 doubles, 7 homeruns, 28 RBI’s, and a 17/26 W/SO ratio. He was 4th in the Florida State League in...
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Col. Springs 8, Las Vegas (29-19) 3 The 51’s offense outside of Alex Castellanos who had half the teams hits and either knocked in or score each of the three Las Vegas runs. Castellanos who was playing CF for the 3rd time in 4 games was 2-4 with his 10th HR, 14th double, scored twice, and knocked in two runs giving him 33 RBI’s on the year. His homeruns are good for 4th in the PCL,...
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