WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The Mets and Francisco Alvarez got another injury scare Sunday night. The catcher was removed prior to the eighth inning after injuring his right thumb on a headfirst slide in the bottom of the seventh of a 7-3 win over Seattle in the Little League Classic. Alvarez was checked out by trainers and initially remained in the …
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You know what you would want if you were the Mets and watched Nolan McLean’s MLB debut? More. McLean offered a wonderful appetizer of possibilities. He brought his thick reservoir of pitches, notably a prime Charlie Mortonesque penchant to spin a ball at an otherworldly rate to get back into a count. He showed he could win in the strike …
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The future was late Saturday afternoon, so most certainly now. Forget about easing Nolan McLean in. The Mets stopped being a good baseball team in mid-June and have devolved into an atrocious one of late, losing 14 of 16 going into the touted prospect’s MLB debut. There are many culprits. A starry, highly paid lineup main four of Francisco Lindor, …
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At long last, the Mets received a solid start. The offense gave their supposed lockdown bullpen a late lead. It didn’t matter. Whatever can go wrong for this team will go wrong. Kodai Senga and Francisco Lindor did their jobs. Ryan Helsley, one of the big arms the Mets acquired at the trade deadline, did not. He was torched for …
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So, what has been the Mets’ second-worst loss of the season? The easy claim to the top spot was presented Wednesday night, when manager Carlos Mendoza’s beleaguered bunch rolled over and got stomped by a Braves team that seemed intent early to simply hand the Mets a victory. Instead, the Mets flushed a six-run lead — surrendering 11 unanswered — …
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The Mets could use some big-time help, so who better to call upon than a guy occasionally called Cowboy Ohtani? Any mention of Ohtani has to give you a good feeling, of course. The Mets are thrilled to be promoting surprisingly polished pitching prospect Nolan McLean, even if the moniker hardly fits anymore. McLean (sounds like McLane) gave up hitting …
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The Mets were barking up the wrong tree. ESPN personality and former WFAN host Chris “Mad Dog” Russo went off about the celebration following Pete Alonso breaking Darryl Strawberry’s franchise home run record Tuesday with No. 253. “I cannot believe the big deal people are making about Pete Alonso being the franchise record-holder now for home runs,” Russo said on …
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The Mets will call up top pitching prospect Nolan McLean to make his MLB debut this Saturday, reports SNY’s Andy Martino. He’ll step into the rotation spot vacated by Frankie Montas’ move to the bullpen. Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported earlier this morning that righty Paul Blackburn was also headed to the bullpen when he’s ready to …
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