The Mets turned to the bench for their catcher on Thursday and befriended Johnny Bench. Tomas Nido barely hit enough to stay in the big leagues last season, but a winter spent working with a private swing instructor may have been the best $ 25,000 the Mets backup catcher has …
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Through three weeks of the season, Andres Gimenez has been among the Mets’ best players, but that does not mean he remains in the lineup. With Amed Rosario sidelined for a third straight day with a stomach bug and Robinson Cano on the injured list with a left winger, finding …
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The Mets bullpen was all over Tuesday for the first time this season. The activation of Brad Brach from the injured list provided bull officials with the composition of the bull they predicted before summer camp began, loaded with experienced high-up arms. Brach, who was sidelined after contracting the coronavirus …
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The Mets took another hit on Monday when Marcus Stroman announced he was retiring. Stroman mentioned a number of things that worried him – the obvious one is the game of chicken that every ballplayer plays to try to prevent the virus, the direct one was the upcoming trip from …
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This season is doubled as a torture chamber for pitchers. So when a contingent of Mets, including coach Brian Chicklo, hid around Jacob deGrom in the second inning, you could imagine that Citi Field had been as quiet with a full house as the fans of the cardboard cut were. …
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