Teenage Hitting Machine Suffers Right Knee Injury

The Buffalo Bisons lost both games of a doubleheader on Sunday, but that wasn’t all they lost. According to Bisons.com, Mets prospect Fernando Martinez suffered an apparent knee injury in the first game and did not play in the second game. Martinez played the entire first game, but could be seen nursing his right knee in the field and out of the batter’s box. Oberkfell said he...

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Morning Grind: Niese, Hot Rod, Feliciano, 86 HoJo

Good morning, Met Nation. Looks like the Flushing faithful are enduring a busy weekend off the field. Jon Niese Well, what do you know? The old “pitch count” monster rears its ugly head again. The Mets are considering putting a limit on Jon Niese before the end of the season. One word: Redonkulous. They’ve already shown restrictions on Niese in spots where he was pulled after...

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Morale Sinking As Barajas Heads West

A sobering sign of the sinking morale in the Mets clubhouse revealed in a Tweet from Andy Martino of the Daily News. [tweeted]https://twitter.com/SurfingTheMets/status/21857745313[/tweeted] Before he left the Mets clubhouse for the last time, Barajas spoke with reporters. “It was disappointing. We were excited. I think all the Mets’ fans in New York were excited. Things were going great. We were...

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8/22 Minor League Report! FERNANDEZ!

AAA International League: Buffalo 2/7/2, Pawtucket 9/12/0 Per Bisons beat writer Mike Harrington: @BNHarrington: Nieuwenhuis was in Cali at a wedding last 2 days. FMart tweaked knee. Herd had nine position players in 2nd game. Ugh. Follow him on Twitter, the @ is given… Josh Stinson’s AAA debut was going very well for the first 5 innings, he had given up 2 unearned runs on 3 hits in...

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Mets Offense “Abducted” In 2-1 Loss To Pirates

The Mets do not complete the sweep as the bats were not hitting today. Pirates win 2-1 despite Santana’s complete game effort. Game Summary Johan Santana was on fire during the early goings of the game. He struck out the side in order in the first inning and didn’t give up a hit until the fifth inning. Santana had his changeup on point today, matching it with his 90-91 MPH fastball....

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Barajas Claimed By Dodgers, Feliciano Called Up

Breaking news Mets fans! Catcher Rod Barajas was just claimed off waivers by the LA Dodgers. Also, outfielder Jesus Feliciano will be called up to replace him. @KBurkhardtSNY Barajas claimed by the Dodgers. Jesus Feliciano will replace him. Barajas, 34, was hitting .255 with the Mets this season with 12 homeruns and 34 RBIs. He was hitting well during the first half of the season before falling...

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