“To me, that kind of says it all, because whatever he wants to do, he can do”.
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Koehler clubbed a stinging double in the 5th to back up his third consecutive quality start, and saw his All-Star second baseman put the final nail in the Mets’ coffin with a two-run blast in the 9th.
Heathcott homered after Brian McCann was intentionally walked, setting off a raucous celebration in the New York dugout. His triple slash line (batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage) of.333/.463/.648 is absolutely insane.
Designated hitter Prince Fielder’s tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning lifted the Rangers to a 5-3 victory over the Astros on Monday, pulling Texas within a half-game of Houston in the American League West. It’s all about getting in right now.
Still, the task of turning New York into a Mets town is far from complete. The outfielder in question, though, is the 22-year-old rookie Michael Conforto, who plays leftfield to Cespedes’s center. However, given the small sample size of his current play, his free agency, who pays him and how much, will become one of the most intriguing storylines of the offseason.
In his first 42 games with the Mets, Cespedes has hit 17 home runs, driven in 42 runs and had people suggesting he should be voted the NL’s Most Valuable Player.
The Mets’ already-thin left-handed relief corps took another hit Tuesday night when Dario Alvarez was forced to leave the game with a strained left groin. His full-season stats -.297 with 34 homers and 102 RBIs – are certainly impressive, but does the fact that he’s split time between the two leagues mean he can’t win either MVP? “It’s just one of those games that you take and keep learning from”. In all other games, those same teams are 169-214. It’s a good spot for Verrett – at home against Miami – and at this time of year, the short term is all there is to worry about in non-keeper leagues. A sore right wrist limited him to five plate appearances in the last 11 games.
In his last five outings, which includes a gem against the Nationals, deGrom (13-8) has a 6.41 ERA.
Texas (76-67) opened the four-game series at Globe Life Park with its ninth win over Houston (77-67) in 13 meetings this year. J.D. Martinez had two hits for Detroit, but Steven Moya had four of the team’s 11 strikeouts.
“It just seems like he rises to the occasion”, Collins said.
Not only are the Mets significantly better at home (46-25) than on the road (37-37), but Collins pointed to some other aspects of why starting a series at Citi Field would be beneficial.
Let’s try and remember that the season starts in April, and those games matter too. “We’re lucky to have him”. The Phillies are last in the NL East standings this season.
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“With this team, you give them a crack, they’ve shown this year that they can kick the door in”, Marlins manager Dan Jennings said. “It looks like he likes that, and he responds in a favorable way”. But Cespedes did homer against the Marlins on Monday night – a 442-foot solo bomb – and he watched the towering shot land in the second deck with his bat raised in the air. Interestingly, he didn’t necessarily agree with the statement that a player like Cespedes reduces the pressure on someone like him in the lineup because to Tejada, everyone has a role to support the team.
