Well, it’s not just transaction season for the Mets. The rest of the National League East may also be wheeling and dealing towards the deadline. Here’s a team-by-team breakdown. Nationals- buyers With an excellent first half and nowhere to go but up, the Nationals will surely be looking to upgrade their lineup as the trade deadline …
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Series Preview: Mets Head Home To Try To Bury Phillies
The Mets begin a three-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies tomorrow night at 7:10 at Citi Field. The Phillies come into this series having lost 9 of 19 games in June. They are now 11 games back of the Nationals for first place in the NL East. This year, with Chase Utley just coming back …
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Series Preview: Mets Host Struggling Phillies
This afternoon, the Mets begin a three-game series with the arch-rival Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field. The Phillies have struggled more than people thought they would this season. Coming into today’s game, they are in last place in the National League East, five games back of Washington. The Phillies have really struggled at the plate, …
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Notes: Tejada, Hamels, Werth
Here are a few notes… —– Ruben Tejada was placed on the Disabled list yesterday, and was replaced on the roster by Jordanny Valdespin. Tejada has a strained right quad muscle, which he hurt while falling into first base. He also apparently hurt his eye on the play. From ESPNNewYork.com: Tejada had a significant cut on …
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Series Preview: Banged-Up Mets Head to Philly
Tonight, the Mets begin a three-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The Mets play the Phillies, who, up until this point, have been unable to get on any kind of a roll. Many thought before the season that due to the injuries to Ryan Howard and Chase Utley, as well as …
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Bullpen Implodes, Mets Lose 8-2
The scoring in today’s game was completely backwards. If you told me the Phillies would score eight runs today, I would have said they would have been scored on Mike Pelfrey and not the Mets bullpen- which has been lights-out this season. That was not the case today. Pelfrey, making his second start of the …
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