Wheeler Falters As Mets Fall To Marlins
Zack Wheeler lasted just four innings in his return from Tommy John surgery, and the New York Mets lost to the Miami Marlins on Friday night.
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Zack Wheeler lasted just four innings in his return from Tommy John surgery, and the New York Mets lost to the Miami Marlins on Friday night.
Pitching depth was supposed to be the one thing the Mets wouldn't have to sweat this season. But with Steven Matz and Seth Lugo already on the shelf, New York is already looking to add another arm.
When Zack Wheeler throws his first pitch for the Mets against the Marlins on Friday night at Citi Field, it will be a seminal moment in a once-hyped career that has been drowned in disappointment and despair.
Travis d'Arnaud looked like a monarch after Thursday's 6-2 win over the Atlanta Braves.
With a 15 mph wind blowing out, Tebow hit a shot just over the 372-foot sign in left-center field.
Matt Harvey tossed 6 2/3 strong innings Thursday in his first major league start in over nine months, and Wilmer Flores hit a two-run homer as the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field.
Colon, the Swiss Army knife of MLB pitchers, is the perfect pitcher for any rotation, especially one as young, gifted and turbulent as the Mets' starting staff.
The New York Mets began the season the way they have on most of their Opening Days: with a win. But they could not follow it up as they fell to Atlanta in extra innings two nights later.
Colon was perhaps the most popular Mets player over the previous three seasons. He led the team in wins, starts and innings last year, then became a free agent and signed with a guaranteed spot in the Braves' rotation.
Only one game in, the Mets' season has already started to mirror their last one. And not in a good way, either.
The Mets suddenly don't appear to be so deep at pitcher.
Win or lose, opening day is the best day of the year, and it didn't disappoint for Mets fans on Monday.
For Mets players and fans, opening day marks a new start and a chance to forget a season cut short.
Asdrubal Cabrera snapped a scoreless tie with a seventh-inning single and the New York Mets broke through following a pivotal replay reversal to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-0 in their season opener Monday.
Photos from the Mets' Opening Day game against the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field.
