Good morning, Mets fans! Buck Showalter told the media on Friday that Edwin Díaz will travel to Port St. Lucie on Monday to throw a 20-pitch bullpen session. Díaz’s rehab since tearing his patellar tendon during the World Baseball Classic has gone well, and this is the next step toward pitching in a real game. Díaz has maintained all year that he wants to pitch this season, and while that...
Good morning, Mets fans! Buck Showalter told the media on Friday that Justin Verlander will throw a bullpen session in Port St. Lucie today. Verlander has been on the injured list since Opening Day with a right teres major strain and his bullpen session today is another step in the right direction to getting him on the mound for his Mets debut. Verlander said last week that it is “very...
A few days ago, newly signed pitcher Kodai Senga threw a 52-pitch bullpen session that could be regarded as someone who is just getting used to the intricacies of the major league ball and mound. The session did not particularly inspire hope right off the bat but did have some bright spots, which included hitting 96mph on the radar gun. Mike Puma of the New York Post notes that Senga himself is...
