Geez, What the heck is up with Ike Davis? Spare me the “It’s only April diatribes” I’m not in the mood for cliches and simplistic excuses this morning. Ike Davis stranded the bases loaded three times in Monday’s doubleheader sweep by the Giants, although the first baseman cautiously noted that the final instance — a called third strike in the nightcap as a pinch...
Read MoreRecap Another starter slammed by the Giants. Dillon Gee gave up seven runs and a career-high 12 hits in 6 2-3 innings. He gets his second loss of the season and has an ERA of 5.21 now. Yikes. Acosta and Parnell combined for 2.1 one hit innings. At least our bullpen was solid. Duda had an 0-fer in the first game and got two hits this time. Turner and Murphy get the only Mets RBI. Jason Bay was...
Read MoreRecap The Mets thought they could get away with using Miguel Batista as a spot starter today against the Giants and Lincecum. They thought wrong. All us fans saw this coming, though. He only lasted 3.2 innings and was blasted for six runs, three earned, seven hits, two being homeruns, walking three and striking out two. I somewhat understand moving Santana back to Tuesday, but Batista starting?...
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. Andres Torres and D.J. Carrasco will begin their rehab assignments tonight with St. Luice. Torres has been out since opening day with a lingering strained calf muscle. As for Carrasco he twisted his ankle during Spring Training and was placed on the DL by the Mets prior to the start of the season. Last season in 42 games with the Mets, Carrasco went 1-3 with a 6.02...
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Update 4:00 PM Ronny Cedeno has been placed on the 15-day DL with a strained intercostal muscle. To take Cedeno’s place on the roster, the Mets recalled RHP Jeremy Hefner from Triple-A Buffalo who had been put on the taxi squad earlier. Cedeno, 29, is hitting .250 (3-12) in 10 games, three starts, this season. Hefner, 26, is 2-1 with a 1.96 ERA (four earned runs/18.1 innings) in three games, all...
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For the second week in a row, a member of the Binghamton Mets has been recognized by the Eastern League for their outstanding performance. Last week, pitcher Greg Peavey was named EL Pitcher of the Week. This time around, it’s shortstop Josh Rodriguez who has been named the Eastern League Player of the Week for the time period of April 16th – April 22nd. In a press release sent out...
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