New York Mets
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"There's two sides of the story," said Brandon Nimmo, adding more inrigue to slugger's opt-out.
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Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo have no issues with Cespedes leaving without contacting the team.
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Manager Luis Rojas said he envisions using several different players in the role
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Mets strand 13 runners in dropping to 3-7.
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The last the Mets heard from him was his agent's phone call to Van Wagenen, at some point later in Sunday's game, telling the GM that Cespedes was calling it a season — and in doing so, ending his Mets career.
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"We support every player's right to make this type of decision," GM Brodie Van Wagenen said. "It was surprising, without question."
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Hughes joined the Mets on Sunday before their game against the Braves, his first time on the active roster since signing with the club in late June, just before camp restarted.
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Hamilton has a track record of lots of steals (299) and poor hitting (.242/.297/.326). But his greatest asset is his defense.
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Wacha was ineffective. He needed 97 pitches to grind through four innings, during which he allowed five runs, seven hits and two walks (to five strikeouts).
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His fastball velocity is 93.5 mph, which is to say, his average is decidedly average. In years past, that was 4-5 mph faster.
AROUND THE NL EAST
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Philadelphia returned from a weeklong layoff caused by additional coronavirus testing with a matchup against baseball’s hottest pitcher, and Gerrit Cole won his debut in pinstripes for his 19th consecutive regular season victory to lead the New York Yankees over the Phillies 6-3
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Jacob deGrom struck out a season-high 10 in six innings and the New York Mets ended a five-game skid Monday night with a 7-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves
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Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter blames the team’s coronavirus outbreak on a collective false sense of security that made players lax about social distancing and wearing masks
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Atlanta Braves ace Mike Soroka is out for the season after tearing his right Achilles tendon against the New York Mets
SNY
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How sustainable they are remains to be seen, given the pandemic.
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Play-by-play for away games will be called off TV monitors instead of in person.
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Universal DH, runners starting on second in extra innings, 60 games, let's go!
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YES and SNY have not yet finalized their approaches, but the game plans are beginning to take shape, within the strict confines of MLB's health and safety protocols.
MORE METS NEWS
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With three more Cardinals-Brewers games scratched, the total of postponed games is at 33 in the past week alone.
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The final lines for the Mets' last two pitchers: Betances was charged with four runs in one-third of an inning, and Lugo allowed one run in two-thirds of an inning.
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Edwin Diaz has an idea about how to fix the Mets’ Edwin Diaz problem: more Edwin Diaz. In discussing his ...
