Today, the Mets will face their first big test of the season as they’ll travel to Washington DC to battle the red-hot Bryce Harper and the Nationals. In a pitching rematch of a very infamous 2015 regular-season game, Jacob deGrom will face off against Stephen Strasburg.
The Mets finished off their two-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday with a 4-2 win at Citi Field.
The bullpen tossed five scoreless innings while Amed Rosario hit a two-out-, two-run triple in the sixth inning to give the Mets the lead.
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The Mets are set to get a huge boost to their lineup as Michael Conforto is expected to return to the lineup for Thursday’s game.
After suffering a separated shoulder last August, Conforto’s recovery surprisingly went better than expected and he’s slated to replace fan-favorite Brandon Nimmo as the primary center fielder. Mike Puma reports that Phillip Evans is expected to be demoted to Triple-A to make space on the roster for Conforto.
Yesterday, the Mets beat up on their favorite opponent, the Phillies. _ dig at facebook live. Yoenis Cespedes started the scoring early with a two-run shot off Aaron Nola in the top of the first inning, but the Phillies tied the game up on some sloppy Mets defensive work in the third inning.
After two walks to start the sixth inning, Amed Rosario took a Drew Hutchison pitch deep into the right field corner and ended up at third base, giving the Mets a two-run lead that their bullpen would hold.
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The Yankees’s trio of Sanchez, Judge, and Stanton all went down for the first time as the Bronx Bombers took care of the Rays, defeating them 7-2. Earlier in the day, they acquired former top prospect Cody Asche from the Royals for cash considerations
Tow hits on offense with 12 strikeouts on the mound and, Patrick Corbin led the Diamondbacks to a four-game sweep of the Dodgers.
The Rockies announced an extension with their star center fielder Charlie Blackmon. He can be worth $116 million through the 2023 season.
Shohei Ohtani continued to impress with the bat, taking reigning- CY Young award winner Corey Kluber deep in the Angels 3-2 win over the Indians. Ohtani has now homered in two straight games.
Adam Wainwright will come off the disabled list and start their Cardinals Home Opener today
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The Nationals dropped their second straight game to the Braves, this time 7-1 on Wednesday. The Nats allowed 20 runs in the last two games (only 16 innings) to the Braves.
Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson threw six innings during a minor league game on Wednesday as he looks to insert himself into the Nationals rotation soon.
The Nationals have signed GM Mike Rizzo to an extension according to Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post. The extension will carry him through the 2020 season.
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Baseball America released their Mock Draft and Teddy Klein wrote about it at Mets Minors.
Stay tuned to MetsMinors.net as Minor League Baseball begins today! Yesterday, we previewed every Met affiliated-team’s Opening Day Starter.
Jacob Resnick wrote about Mets prospects who could take the next step in 2018.
Mojo Hill explained why the Mets back-end starters could be key in 2018 success.
This Day in Mets History
1985: Former Mets outfielder Lastings Milledge is born.
1998: Masato Yoshii hurls seven shutout innings in his Major League debut in a 7-0 win vs. Pittsburgh.
2002: Mets send Bruce Chen, Dicky Gonzalez and Luis Figueroa to the Expos for Scott Strickland, Matt Watson and Philip Seibel.
2009: Gary Sheffield signs a deal to play for the Mets.
2016: Mets sign veteran catcher Rene Rivera 
