Wilmer Flores Willing To Play 'Anywhere' To Stay In Lineup
The rookie third baseman will eventually lose his position when captain David Wright returns from a hamstring injury. So what then? A move to the outfield?
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The rookie third baseman will eventually lose his position when captain David Wright returns from a hamstring injury. So what then? A move to the outfield?
Jenrry Mejia (1-2) gave up three runs - two earned - and six hits in six innings as the Mets' two-game winning streak ended. New York had won five of six.
The tide has turned in MLB. The league's new guard has no problem speaking out -- in no uncertain terms -- against performance-enhancing drugs and the players who use them.
Flores is the third player in Mets history to collect nine or more RBIs in his first six games with the club.
Wilmer Flores capped the Mets' Sunday night victory in Arizona with a ninth inning home run.
Hefner says he has been dealing with a sore elbow all season but it had worsened recently.
Rookie Wilmer Flores drove in three runs to extend his RBI streak to four games
Paul Goldschmidt's 27th homer, his second game-winner of the year, came on a 1-1 pitch from Scott Atchison after the Mets had rallied from a two-run deficit.
"We can't have a collapse, and Terry knows that," one source told the New York Daily News. "Otherwise, at the end of the season, something good might happen."
If this was the end of May, the question would hold no interest of all. Of course, launch Collins. He was on the verge of losing the locker room. But things change during a baseball season.
Dillon Gee followed Matt Harvey's first career shutout with an impressive outing of his own, helping the Mets beat Colorado, 2-1, Thursday and sending the Rockies home after matching the worst road trip in team history.
The Mets want to ensure the 24-year-old's arm is rested and protected for the future — and the team and "will not waver" from that strategy, the Daily News reported.
"Defacing the Jackie Robinson statue is a dagger in the heart to everything America stands for," Sen. Chuck Schumer said in a statement, "and I hope those who are responsible are caught, punished, and taught why what they did is so disgusting and offensive."
Matt Harvey tossed a four-hitter and prospect Wilmer Flores drove in three runs in the Mets' 5-0 win over the Colorado Rockies' on Wednesday evening.
Somebody spray-painted swastikas and racist slurs on the statue which depicts Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese in a famous pose from 1947.
