One of the top candidate to fill out the New York Mets’ bullpen is scheduled to undergo imaging. After the game, manager Buck Showalter mentioned Bryce Montes de Oca’s forearm as the potential ailment. The six-foot-seven flamethrower was one of two Mets (Starling Marte) to leave Sunday afternoon’s game early with injury. In the ninth inning, de Oca loaded the bases via three...
Citi Field was rocking on Saturday night when Edwin Díaz got the early call to relieve Jacob deGrom in the seventh inning. Behind three ground-outs, Díaz held the Mets then 3-2 lead and went back to the dugout to await his second inning of work. The Mets’ offense, however, exploded in the bottom half of the seventh and Díaz sat for 46 minutes while his team scored five runs to pad the New...
With the Arizona Fall League set to kick off in just a few weeks, the rosters for the six teams in the league were released on Friday. The Arizona Fall League offers minor leaguers an opportunity to get extra reps right at the start of their offseason and can prove to be especially valuable for players who missed time during the regular season due to injury. Nine prospects in the New York Mets...
