Rookie left-hander Steven Matz is progressing from a lat strain and should begin throwing off a mound next week, New York Mets manager Terry Collins told reporters on Friday. Matz long tossed on Thursday under the watchful eye of Collins who was visiting the team’s complex in Port St. Lucie to check up on all of the injured players. Collins said Matz was throwing “free and...
The Mets face the Washington Nationals this afternoon at Space Coast Stadium in Viera at 1:05 PM. Zack Wheeler will oppose Stephen Strasburg in what should be his final appearance of the Spring. The game is not on television or radio in New York, but will be on the Nats’ MASN network. Wheeler has had an excellent spring after arriving to camp proclaiming he would give the Mets every reason to...
Noah Syndergaard, 21, makes his Grapefruit League debut today at the Mets take on the Atlanta Braves at 1:05 p.m. this afternoon at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports. This game is not being televised, but you could listen to the game on WOR 710 AM. Jacob deGrom, Miguel Socolovich, Gonzalez Germen, Josh Edgin and Jeff Walters also are scheduled to pitch for the Mets. First baseman Ike Davis, who had...
Royals Wade Davis (5-9, 5.50) at Mets RHP Dillon Gee (7-8, 4.13) Starting Lineup Eric Young, Jr. – LF Juan Lagares – CF David Wright – 3B Marlon Byrd – RF Daniel Murphy – 2B John Buck – C Ike Davis – 1B Omar Quintanilla – SS Dillon Gee – RHP Mets Notes As the Mets enter August they look to build off the momentum from July. They finished the month 15-12 which was the third best winning percentage...
METS AT MARLINS Zack Wheeler (4-1, 3.72) vs Nathan Eovaldi (2-1, 3.54) Starting Lineup Eric Young Jr., lf Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Marlon Byrd, rf Ike Davis, 1b John Buck, c Juan Lagares, cf Omar Quintanilla, ss Zack Wheeler, rhp Mets Notes RHP Jeremy Hefner struggled for the third straight start. Against the Marlins Monday, he allowed just four hits but five walks in 5 1/3 innings. He...
Ike Davis wraps up a session of crushing baseballs at PSL Hey Jon Niese, nice of you to show up early… Adam Rubin tweeted that the Brandon Lyon deal with the Mets will be officially announced as soon as this afternoon. Anthony DiComo sees the Opening Day Roster like this: He also adds that the acquisition of outfielder Collin Cowgill could be an under-the-radar trade that could...
Starting Lineup Andres Torres – CF Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Scott Hairston – RF Vinny Rottino – LF Justin Turner – SS Ike Davis – 1B Rob Johnson – C Dillon Gee – RHP * Tonight will be Vinny Rottino’s sixth major league start. His last start came on September 25, 2011 with Florida at Milwaukee * Rob Johnson will make his first major league start since September 18, 2011, with San...
Mets Notes The Mets have activated OF Andres Torres from the 15-day disabled list and optioned Zach Lutz back to Triple-A Buffalo. Lucas Duda is out of Monday’s lineup with a suspected case of the flu, the right fielder said. Mike Baxter instead is playing right field. The Mets are 13-9 as they enter the final day of April. Last year, New York was 11-16 in the month of April. The Mets...
Here are the latest Mets Notes following the close of the 2011 Winter Meetings: Mets Considered Trading Bobby Parnell: According to Adam Rubin of ESPN, the Mets were contemplating trading 27-year old fireballer Bobby Parnell to an unknown team for a starting position player. Rubin said that Mets officials were “weighing the merits of the deal and there was no assurance they would pull the...
Don’t look now, but have you taken a look at Jason Bay’s numbers since he returned from the disabled list? The Mets are 5-0 since Bay was activated on April 21st, and he has strengthened and fortified what was once a meek lineup. Bay is hitting .368 (7-19) with two doubles, one home run, three RBI and a .429 on-base percentage, and the Mets have a .301 (50-166) batting average since...
JOIN OUR LIVE GAME CHAT! Click The Banner To Enter! * * * * * * * * * * Starting Lineup Jose Reyes, ss Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Carlos Beltran, rf Ike Davis, 1b Angel Pagan, cf Willie Harris, lf Josh Thole, c Mike Pelfrey, rhp Mets Notes R.A. DICKEY: Prior to tonight’s game, R.A. Dickey will be presented with the Sharp Pitcher of the Year Award…Sharp Electronics will donate fun...
MEJIA TO MINORS The Mets announced via Twitter that they have optioned RHP Jenrry Mejia to minor league camp. They now have 22 pitchers in camp which includes 7 non-roster invitations. REAR VIEW MIRROR: First things first, according to Andy McCullough of NJ.com, Ike Davis is fine after being involved in a car accident this afternoon. Ike Davis said he was not injured after being involved in a...
