Good morning Mets fans!
Eight Days until Opening Day!
Today, Zack Wheeler will make his fourth start of the spring against Dan Straily and the Miami Marlins. Wheeler and his 2.25 ERA now ranks first among Mets starters after Jason Vargas‘s poor outing on Saturday. The game can only be viewed on the Marlins’ TV and radio station.
Yesterday, the Mets fell to the Washington Nationals via a score of 6-5. Jeurys Familia “opened” for the Mets and Kyle Dowdy followed with three scoreless innings. However, the Nats roughed up Tim Peterson and Daniel Zamora, pulling away victorious. Michael Conforto hit his third homer in as many days while Dominic Smith and Pete Alonso contributed a hit apiece.
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Meanwhile, Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard had a head-to-head matchup against the other Mets players on the back fields. The pair of co-aces recorded a dozen strikeouts each. Wilson Ramos and Andres Gimenez both went deep against Syndergaard.
David Wright made his first stop to Port St.Lucie as a retired player. He’ll now be contributing to the Mets’ front office as a special advisor to the general manager.
Noah Syndergaard decided to play hide-and-seek with the Mets’ media members.
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Gio Gonzalez has signed a minor-league deal with the Yankees that could be worth up to $3 million if he makes the big-league club.
The White Sox learned that one of their top pitching prospect Dane Dunning will miss the 2019 season recovering from Tommy John Surgery.
The San Antonio Flying Chanclas have unveiled their new logo. Props to both the 80-grade name and logo.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic wonders why the Indians haven’t taken full advantage of their competitive window.
Charlie Montoyo has established pre-season rules that limit a player’s video game time per John Lott of The Athletic.
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Carlos Santana opened up in an interview with ESPN that he demolished a TV with a bat after growing tired of Phillie players playing Fortnite during games.
Brian Snitker officially dubbed Julio Teheran as the Braves’ opening day starter for the sixth consecutive campaign tweets out Mark Bowman of MLB.com.
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Jacob Resnick interviewed new Rumble Ponies skipper Kevin Boles.
Josh Finkelstein lists some reasons why Kyle Dowdy should make the Mets’ Opening Day roster.
Michael Mayer wrote about his experiences down at Port. St Lucie.
Matt Musico mentions the Mets’ highest single-season marks by position in team history.
Mike Silva published his latest Talkin’ Mets podcast.
Tim Ryder thinks Seth Lugo‘s future should lie in the bullpen.
Carl Ardias reminisces about the 1973 Topps Tommy Agee baseball card.
On this Date in Mets History
Birthdays: Manny Alexander(48), Blas Minor(53), Rick Parker (56), Steve Dillon (76), George Altman(86).
Let’s Go Mets!
