The Mets have signed major league veteran Brooks Conrad and assigned him to Triple-A Las Vegas. (Adam Rubin, ESPN) Conrad, 35, has a career .200 average with 19 homers and 73 RBIs in 460 major league at-bats spanning six seasons and five organizations. He also has a career .271 on base percentage. He is a switch hitter who plays 2nd and 3rd base. He wasn’t with any team to begin the season...
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The Mets followed up Saturday’s victory with a very sloppy, error filled game and that proved to be costly in a 6-4 loss to the Yankees in the rubber game of the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium. The Mets made 4 errors on the field and a few other boneheaded miscues as well. “Tonight wasn’t pretty,” Michael Cuddyer said. “It was obviously, by far, the worst game we...
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The Mets (14-5) dropped the rubber game tonight against the Yankees (11-8) by a score of 6-4. It wasn’t Jon Niese’s finest outing, as he allowed six runs (four earned) on eight hits, while walking one and striking out three. Though Niese was hit hard, he wasn’t helped by his defense at all. He falls to 2-1 on the season. Curtis Granderson kicked off the game by hitting his...
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Before tonight’s game against the Yankees, manager Terry Collins told reporters that David Wright will begin baseball activities on Monday. Though Wright is eligible to return from the disabled list on Thursday, Collins said that wasn’t realistic and he hopes the Mets third baseman can return by Saturday. (Anthony DiComo) Wright swung the bat on Friday but the real test comes when he...
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An MMO Fan Shot by MarSanti Technically, I think my mother gave birth on the actual Mets bandwagon. My father watched/check-the-box/listened to every Mets game from their birth in ’62 to the Spring Training before he died. I was happy when they won it all in ’86, but I was too young to really appreciate and enjoy it with my father. We spent countless hours over the next many many...
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The Mets and Yankees will do battle in front of a national audience this evening as the game will be featured on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball at 8:05 PM. Jon Niese (2-0 record, 1.50 ERA) will go up against Yankees right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (1-0, 3.12) in the Bronx finale as the Mets try to take two of three against the Bombers. Mets Starting Lineup Curtis Granderson – RF Juan Lagares...
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