Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost named right-hander Edinson Volquez as their Opening Day starter when they’ll play the New York Mets in a historic World Series rematch at Kauffman Stadium. “He had a phenomenal year last year,” Yost told reporters. “He’s the veteran guy of our staff. He deserved it.” Volquez will of course face Mets right-hander Matt Harvey on Sunday, April...
During the past 30 days, only four other teams have struck out at a higher rate than the Mets. Mets’ hitters struck out in 23.2 percent of their plate appearances in this span, which is the fifth highest mark in the league. This problem has been magnified during the last two games against San Diego. Padres’ starter Andrew Cashner punched out 12 Mets in 4.2 innings while Ian Kennedy...
The trade deadline is over and Bartolo Colon will make his next scheduled start. Joel Sherman of the New York Post said there were teams that were interested, but not at Sandy Alderson’s asking price. Sherman expects the Mets to try and move Colon in the offseason. Teams were also reluctant to take on Colon because of his age and the $15 million still due to him though the 2015 season....
The long All-Star break is finally over. The Mets look to continue where they left off, carrying over a three-game win streak into San Diego for the next three games against the Padres. The first pitch is scheduled for 10:10 PM at PETCO Park. Bartolo Colon (8-8, 3.99), who has lost three straight, gets the nod in the series opener against the Padres’ Ian Kennedy (7-9, 3.47) who is 2-0...
The Mets play a rubber game Sunday against the San Diego Padres at 1:10 p.m. at Citi Field. Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-0, 2.95 ERA) opposes right-hander Ian Kennedy (5-7, 3.63) in the Father’s Day finale. Starting Lineup Curtis Granderson – CF Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright -3B Bobby Abreu – RF Andrew Brown – LF Lucas Duda – 1B Wilmer Flores – SS Anthony Recker – C Daisuke Matsuzaka – RHP The Mets...
Oh, the Mets must be regretting that strike-out promotion now… Jon Niese became the second starter to take the mound for a sixth inning and cross the 100-pitch mark in two days — and backed up Wheeler’s dominant performance yesterday with a quality start of his own. I was a little worried about Niese being thrown out there for the sixth considering he’s rehabbing from a...
Mets at Padres • 10:10 PM • Petco Park Jon Niese (4-6, 4.45) vs Ian Kennedy (4-8, 4.97) Starting Lineup Eric Young, Jr. – CF Daniel Murphy – 2B Marlon Byrd – RF Ike Davis – 1B Josh Satin – 3B Mike Baxter – LF John Buck – C Omar Quintanilla – SS Jon Niese – LHP Game Notes RHP LaTroy Hawkins was still ailing Thursday, one day after taking comebacker off the groin in Wednesday’s...
The Mets lost a tough one tonight as the Arizona Diamondbacks came from behind to beat the Mets by the score of 5-3 at Citi Field. Matt Harvey started and was cruising along until the sixth inning when after allowing a walk to catcher Miguel Montero and a single to Martin Prado, Cody Ross slammed a three-run homer to put the D’Backs up 3-2. In the next inning, Harvey allowed a lead-off...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! D’Backs (43-41) at Mets (35-46) RHP Ian Kennedy (3-4, 5.36) vs RHP Dillon Gee (6-7, 4.60) Starting Lineup Eric Young, Jr. – LF Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Marlon Byrd – RF Josh Satin – 1B Anthony Recker – C Omar Quintanilla – SS Juan Lagares – CF Dillon Gee – RHP Game Notes The Mets are 28-33 all-time on July 4th and have won two of its last three...
