The New York Mets will host the visiting Boston Red Sox at 1:10 PM at Tradition Field on Sunday. The game will be televised on WPIX and broadcast on WOR radio.. Jon Niese will start for the Mets and will be opposed by Rick Porcello for the Sox. Also scheduled to pitch for the Mets are Tyler Pill, Hansel Robles and Cody Satterwhite. Terry Collins said that Lucas Duda expects to begin taking...
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“You know, for years and years, you used to watch those teams that won all of the time, they had an air about them. You used to play the Braves and they’d walk out there and, they weren’t cocky, but they were confident. They weren’t overbearing, they knew how to play, they knew what they had to do to win games.” ~ Terry Collins Swagger is a funny word. When I hear it for some reason palm trees...
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In Saturday’s split squad game against Atlanta, the Mets beat the Braves by a score of 3-1 at Tradition Field. Jacob deGrom started and was sharp for two innings, but make no mistake that 2015 first rounder Michael Conforto, was the big story of the day. Conforto went 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in all three Mets runs in the game. But most impressive of all was how relaxed and...
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According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, the Rangers have no interest in starting pitcher Dillon Gee despite the news that Yu Darvish is likely out for the rest of the season. The buzz is the Rangers could turn to the Phillies and try to work out a trade for Cole Hamels. Sources have told ESPN New York that the Mets are still willing to trade Gee or Bartolo Colon during spring training. However...
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In today’s other split squad game, the Mets traveled to Jupiter and lost to the Miami Marlins by a score of 8-7. Things were looking good early as top prospect Steven Matz got the start and looked great, tossing two hitless innings. The Long Island lefty allowed only one baserunner, leadoff batter Dee Gordon, who was hit by the first pitch of the game. Rafael Montero followed Matz and got...
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Kevin Kernan of the New York Post says that the main reason the Mets brought in new hitting coach Kevin Long is because they are betting he can get Curtis Granderson to be the explosive hitter he once was with the Yankees during the 2011 and 2012 seasons when he crushed 84 home runs, drove in 225 runs and scored 238 runs. They are pulling all the plugs to keep Granderson from becoming the next...
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