According to Terry Collins, Dillon Gee is not in jeopardy of losing his spot in the rotation, despite Rafael Montero starting Tuesday against the Marlins. Collins told reporters in Bismarck, North Dakota Miami he has the “biggest pain in the ass job there is” because of media speculation Gee could get bumped by Montero. “I hope he pitches good,” Collins said about Gee. “I...
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The New York Mets and Miami Marlins begin a three-game series at Marlins Park on Monday. RHP Dillon Gee (0-1, 5.60) get the start for the Mets and will oppose RHP Jarred Cosart (1-1, 3.63) for the Marlins at 7:10 PM. The Mets have the best record in the majors (14-5, .737) and their 14-5 start is the second-best start after 19 games in team history. Juan Lagares is 6-for-his-last-8 and has...
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In an interview with Suzyn Waldman of WFAN, Kevin Long said David Wright is a lot like Derek Jeter, whom he coached for eight years. “He’s a tremendous player. He really, really does a lot of things well,” Long said before Sunday’s 6-4 loss to the Yankees. “He’s a leader; a lot like Jeter. When he’s around and he’s in the lineup, good things are going to happen. You want him up to bat. You want...
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Richard Sandomir of the New York Times reports that since SNY went on the air in 2006, Mets viewership has nearly always lagged behind the Yankees on YES. “This is hardly a revelation: In nearly all of those seasons, the Mets performed poorly while the Yankees, with one World Series championship in 2009, were always at least pretty good.” In 2013, Yankees viewership was double that...
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I’ve been running out of things to complain about with these 2015 Mets. It’s resulted in kind of a complaint deficit that I had to compensate for by griping about other stuff, like the lack of funding for the Near Earth Object program, or why an eagle would drop a large Northern Pike on my front lawn (actually happened — and what’s worse is my wife wouldn’t let me...
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Las Vegas 10, Albuquerque 4 Matt Bowman got his first win of the year after starting the game with 4.1 perfect innings before allowing three runs (two earned) in 5.2 innings. Early in the game Bowman was pounding his sinking fastball down in the zone which resulted in 11 groundouts on the day. Cody Satterwhite relieved Bowman and stranded two inherited runners but allowed a run when he came out...
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