After years and years of making just terrible moves in free agency and the trade market, the Mets get another fresh start with Sandy Alderson this winter. Last year, when Sandy was hired to replace Omar Minaya, he was left with a mess that he couldn’t clean up for a year. He had to wait …
Monthly Archive: August 2011
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More Mets clear waivers…
According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, four more Mets have reportedly cleared waivers. Yesterday, Buster Olney reportesd that Chris Capuano has cleared waivers. Now, Jason Bay, Angel Pagan, Willie Harris, and D.J. Carrasco have now cleared them too. Pagan and Carrasco could definitely be traded. Pagan could get some value on the open …
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Series preview: at Padres
The Mets start a three-game series in San Diego tonight at 10:05. Here are the pitching matchups: Tonight (10:05): R.A. Dickey (5-11, 3.75) vs. Aaron Harang (11-3, 3.95) Haarang’s last start was against the Mets at Citi Field. He pitched 5.1 innings and allowed three runs on ten hits, while striking out five. Now, he …
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Capuano struggles, Mets lose 5-3
Notable performances: Chris Capuano- (L, 9-11) 6 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 6 SO, 98 pitches (68 strikes) Angel Pagan- 3-5, R Lucas Duda- 2-3, R, 2 RBI Jason Bay- 0-4 Notes: The fifth straight Met loss…
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Capuano has cleared waivers
According to Buster Olney (via Twitter) Chris Capuano has cleared waivers: This means that no team claimed Capuano and the Mets are now free to negotiate a trade with any team. I wouldn’t take this as an indication that the Mets are trading Capuano. Teams put players on the waiver wire all the time. Teams …
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Pre-game: Mets (58-60) at D-Backs (66-53)
Here is this afternoon’s Met lineup: Angel Pagan CF Justin Turner 2B David Wright 3B Lucas Duda 1B Jason Bay LF Josh Thole C Jason Pridie RF Ruben Tejada SS Chris Capuano LHP (9-10, 4.51) vs. Jason Marquis (8-6, 4.48) Here is the lineup for Arizona: Notes: Capuano is 1-0 with a 6.23 ERA in …
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Mets Headlines
- Matt Harvey keeps Mets in game, despite not having his best fastball
- Ankiel making an impact early in Mets tenure
- Ike Davis' struggles continue, but he will not be demoted before Friday's game
- Even when he's off, Harvey still good
- Ike Davis likely to be a Met at least through the weekend
- The series in Metrics (Mets vs. Reds)
- Minors 5.22.13: Wheeler wins in 51s return
- Bidding for first win, Hefner has Braves on docket
- Harvey: 'Nine hits is unacceptable for me'
- Ike explains 9th inning faux pas