The Mets beat the Marlins again on Friday night by a score of 4-1 to start the season 8-3. They’ve now won six straight games for the first time since April 21-27, 2011, and they currently have the longest winning streak in the Major Leagues. While it’s still early in the season, Mark Simon of ESPN New York points out that historically, especially in recent years, starting out with...
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What a night for Juan Lagares, who received his 2014 Rawlings Gold Glove before the game on Friday against the Miami Marlins. He became the first New York Mets player to win a Gold Glove since David Wright and Carlos Beltran were honored in 2008. “That’s a very special one to me in my career,” Lagares said. “In my first full year in the big leagues, that’s very special.” After the ceremony, the...
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The Mets activated infielder Danny Muno after promoting him from Triple-A Las Vegas, and to clear a spot on the roster for him the team optioned starter turned reliever Rafael Montero to Triple A. The move involving also allows the Mets to normalize their bench size back to five. Montero, who competed with Dillon Gee for the No. 5 starter position in spring training, failed to supplant Gee and...
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The Mets extended their winning streak to six games with a 4-1 victory against the Miami Marlins in Citi Field. Offense: Bartolo Colon helped his own cause again with a sacrifice fly in the 5th inning. It was Colon’s second consecutive start with an RBI. The Mets pulled ahead of the Marlins 3-1 with a two runs in the 6th inning. Michael Cuddyer hit a weakly ball past the glove of Michael...
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The first-place Mets will try to extend their streak to six wins tonight as they take on the Miami Marlins for game two of their four game set. Bartolo Colon gets the start for the Mets and will be opposed by David Phelps for Miami in a 7:10 PM matchup. New York Mets RF C. Granderson (L) CF Juan Lagares (R) 1B Lucas Duda (L) LF Michael Cuddyer (R) 2B Daniel Murphy (L) 3B Eric Campbell (R) SS...
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Mets announced that Rafael Montero will be optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas to make room for Danny Muno who has been added to the 25 man roster and will be available to play tonight. Montero, 24, appeared in four games for the Mets and posted a 4.15 ERA over 4 1/3 innings. April 16 The Mets announced that they have called up infielder Danny Muno from Triple-A Las Vegas. No corresponding move was...
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