Las Vegas 8, Albuquerque 0 F/7 Game 1 Noah Syndergaard has had a rough couple of days between having a bad case of food poisoning and getting into a twitter battle that GM Sandy Alderson didn’t approve of. Yet somehow he took the mound last night and was absolutely dominant over 7 innings allowing as many hits (2) as he had at the plate. Thor needed only 83 pitches (62 strikes) to get the...
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I had an interesting text exchange with my buddy Mike who most of you know as Mike Lloyd on our comment threads. Mike writes… For the Nats to win 90 games, they have to go 83-59 the rest of the way. That’s .585 baseball. For the Mets to get to 90 they need to play .528 ball the rest of the way and go 75-67. Perspective. Buddy, if they can split these last two, and take 3 of 4 in Citi...
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2015 has been a rough year Daniel Murphy, but Monday night’s performance could be a major turning point for him and the team as well. Murphy crushed a dramatic three run shot off of Marlins closer Steve Cishek in the 9th inning to give the Mets a 3-1 lead over their division rivals. He followed that up with a great defensive stab in the bottom of the ninth to keep the Marlins off the board...
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I love a good redemption story, and last night in Las Vegas Mets prospect Noah Syndergaard provided a great one. After getting his start skipped last Friday because of a severe case of food poisoning that required IV fluids, Syndergaard was trolled by some fans on Twitter for being “too soft.” After Syndergaard took offense and tried to defend himself, some Mets bloggers and baseball...
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The Mets (15-5) pulled off a thrilling 3-1 road victory on Monday night against the Marlins (8-12), snapping Miami’s five-game winning streak. The game took one hour and 58 minutes. Dillon Gee gave the Mets a terrific effort, tossing 7.2 innings of 1-run ball, allowing six hits while striking out three and walking none. Gee is extremely efficient, needing just 70 pitches (57 of which were...
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After Monday night’s exciting comeback win against the Miami Marlins, the Mets officially recalled RHP Rafael Montero from Triple-A Las Vegas. To make room for Montero on the active roster, the Mets optioned infielder Daniel Muno to Triple-A Las Vegas. Muno was 1-for-6 with a stolen base in four games since he joined the team on April 17. Montero (0-1, 4.15 ERA) will get the start tomorrow...
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