It’s an oversimplification to think Chris Young made one mistake last night when he grooved a fastball Raul Ibanez drilled for a game-tying, three-run homer. His biggest mistake that inning was the leadoff walk to Mark Teixeira. Young was already nearing 100 pitches when the inning began. I was surprised he went out, but understood it followed with Terry Collins’ loyalty to his starters. I never...
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That’s just one theory that’s floating around after ESPN’s Adam Rubin posted this on Twitter: For conspiracy theorists: Buffalo lists Monday starter as TBA (Owen on DL). That’s ZACK WHEELER day w/ B-Mets. Heard zero promotion chatter though. We actually came to that same conclusion a couple of weeks ago when we pegged Collin McHugh for his subsequent promotion to Buffalo...
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McHugh Gets Roughed Up By Durham Bulls By Connor O’Brien The Bisons fell to .500 once again as they were defeated by the Durham Bulls last night by a score of 11-5. Collin McHugh took the mound for his second Triple-A start for the Bisons. He had struggled in his debut in Norfolk, giving up four runs over five innings and earning a loss. Last night wasn’t much better. Durham jumped...
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Pissed off, man. We drop this one to the evil empire 4 – 3. Summary This is a game where the stat line will not tell the whole story – for two different reasons. One, you can dominate the opposing team for 6 innings, but you always need to be afraid of that one blip on the radar that starts the snowball effect. And two, our Amazins’ are lacking in HR power, with about 58 team...
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A collection of random Mets thoughts for today… After sitting last night against Andy Pettitte, Daniel Murphy is expected to start today against the Yankees’ Ivan Nova tonight. Depending how he does will determine if he’ll start tomorrow against CC Sabathia. Murphy has been in a tailspin for weeks, especially against left-handers. For awhile, Terry Collins stuck with him, but the Mets have...
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Starting Lineup Kirk Nieuwenhuis CF Daniel Murphy 2B David Wright 3B Lucas Duda RF Ike Davis 1B Scott Hairston LF Omar Quintanilla SS Josh Thole C Chris Young SP Mets Notes Prior to tonight’s game, Johan Santana and R.A. Dickey will receive their NL Player of the Week awards in a pre-game ceremony. Santana won for the week of May 28-June 3, after tossing the first no-hitter in team history on...
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