Kirk Nieuwenhuis Doubles In Return To Mets; Ceciliani Demoted
The outfielder returns to the Mets after they traded him to the Los Angeles Angels for cash on May 27. "It was kind of like a weird dream," he said.
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The outfielder returns to the Mets after they traded him to the Los Angeles Angels for cash on May 27. "It was kind of like a weird dream," he said.
Jonathon Niese pitched eight sharp innings for his first win in nearly two months, and the Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 Monday night to hand the World Series champions their seventh straight defeat.
Less than three months after making his major league debut, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is an All-Star, one of two rookies selected along with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson.
On Sunday, manager Terry Collins was blunt when he said that his star pitcher has to "get over it."
The Yanks and Mets both survived the first half of the season, one comfortably and one barely. It's what the second half holds that hints that the only October baseball will occur in The Bronx.
The All-Star Game will have a Kansas City flavor, just not as much as it appeared last month. As for New York? The Big Apple will have to settle for bench players.
Noah Syndergaard held the Los Angeles Dodgers to just two hits, and batterymate Kevin Plawecki drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to help the Mets start their six-game road trip with a 2-1 victory.
The front office believes that the veteran skipper is trying, Heyman notes, and officials appreciate his effort as the season continues to take a turn for the worse.
"They are so tense and so tight and so worried about making a big out instead of walking up there like they're going to get a hit," Collins said.
The Los Angeles Angels have acquired minor league right-hander Gaither Bumgardner from the New York Mets for an international bonus pool slot.
Mets catcher Adrian Abreu has been suspended for 80 games following a positive test for metabolites of Stanozolol under baseball's minor league drug program.
The crowd booed several times as New York kept making weak outs and breaking their bats.
Terry Collins is trying almost anything these days in a desperate attempt to help the Mets push across a run.
Starlin Castro legged out a run-scoring infield single in the 11th inning, and the Chicago Cubs blanked the punchless New York Mets 2-0 Wednesday night for their second consecutive shutout at Citi Field.
It's July 1. WFAN radio turns a year older, NBA and NHL clubs are allowed to negotiate with free agents, and Bobby Bonilla just got another big check from the Mets.
On the night Daniel Murphy returned to the lineup, the Mets' faltering offense might have lost another bat.
The advice here: Get the best deal possible and take it.
Kyle Hendricks outpitched Jonathon Niese in a matchup of feeble offenses, and Matt Szczur provided the one big hit Tuesday night as the Chicago Cubs snapped a five-game skid with a 1-0 victory.
It may not be the move Mets fans have been clamoring for, but it's a positive nonetheless.
The Mets still have a more glittering future than the Yankees. And it starts on the mound. No need to jog out there and take the ball from one of the gifted young men who got you here.
Steven Matz had a memorable major league debut for the Mets Sunday, going 7 2/3 solid innings on the mound and driving in four runs with three hits at the plate.
Steven Matz made his major league debut for the Mets on Sunday, and let's just say he arrived with authority.
Not only did the Reds have to face three of the Mets' top young starters this weekend, they got beat at the plate by one of them, too.
Where he actually cost the Mets money, the veteran has been nothing short of a Filene's Basement steal for the Yanks.
After an amazing weekend for New York sports, beginning with Thursday's NBA Draft, Boomer and Craig were back in the Allstate Studio ready to do their collective thing.
