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David Wright Returns With a Bang, Mets Blank Phils 5-0

Last night, most of the Mets fanbase was thinking about what the net two weeks would be like for the team with Daniel Murphy manning the hot corner. 24 hours later, David Wright is back, and looks like he’s in mid-season form. Yesterday, Terry Collins told the media that Wright would go on the disabled …

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Mets Beat Nationals Thanks to Murphy Walk-off

The Mets improved to 4-0 tonight as they beat the Nationals at Citi Field by a score of 4-3. Mike Pelfrey started the game for the Amazin’s, and gave up three runs on ten hits in 5.2 innings. He really wasn’t bad. He struck out a career-high eight batters and was decent enough to keep …

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Mets officially sign Rauch

The Mets officially announced their signing of right-handed pitcher Jon Rauch today. Here is an excerpt from the Met press release officially announcing the one-year, $3.5 million deal: Since 2006, Rauch leads all relievers in wins (31) and has appeared in the second-most number of games (434). He was 3-1 with 21 saves and a …

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Reaction: Mets’ flurry of moves

The Mets made a flurry of moves tonight, including trading Angel Pagan to the Giants for Andres Torres and Ramon Martinez, signing Jon Rauch to be the setup man, and Frank Francisco to close. Let’s knock down my reactions one deal at a time. JON RAUCH SIGNING: The Mets signed Rauch with a cheap, one-year, …

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Bullpen makeover: Mets sign Rauch, Francisco, trade Pagan

There have been some big shakeups and possibly even more to come with the Mets regarding their bullpen. Here are the happennings so far: The Mets have signed Jon Rauch to a one-year, $3.5 million deal, pending a physical. Rauch, who by the way is 6’10″, went 5-4 last season with the Blue Jays, saving …

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