He made a couple of very thinly veiled remarks in the offseason hinting that he didn’t feel as if the Pirates treated him right – they didn’t, by the way, and I have no problem saying they didn’t, as they should have kept him around for one more year – but his comments were very innocuous in the grand scheme of things. That’s the thing we’ve been watching is his command is not what it has been.
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Montero had a spot start for deGrom on Monday against the Marlins and tossed five scoreless innings, although Montero also walked six batters and threw 100 pitches.
Walker’s 2012 season with Pittsburgh ended prematurely with a similar injury.
The Mets announced two transactions after the game. Plus, he made a dashing, diving catch in center field with the bases loaded and two outs – that made up for him later dropping a routine fly for an error.
10, 2015. Colon is 7-4 with a 2.85 ERA in 12 career starts against the Marlins. Freeman hit his 28th homer and walked twice against the Padres.
This is without recognizing Asdrubal Cabrera, Yoenis Cespedes, Steven Matz and Justin Ruggiano’s medical issues.
For now, the team will have to use Wilmer Flores and Kelly Johnson at second during the final month of the season. DeGrom hit a liner up the middle that Yelich, playing shallow for the pitch, rushed in to grab off the grass.
The only good news was that deGrom said he had no issue physically, after Mets’ fans declared a code red on social media when TV showed deGrom motion for trainer Ray Ramirez to follow him from the dugout to the clubhouse.
Jacob deGrom labored through five innings and the Mets could not complete the four-game sweep of the Marlins, dropping the finale, 6-4, on Thursday night at Citi Field. He got to wear his favourite No. 59 and rookie pitcher Josh Smoker switched to 58.
Yelich hit his 18th homer in the seventh.
Mets: Cespedes and Cabrera didn’t start after it rained most of the afternoon. Neil Walker is expected to have season-ending surgery on his back, as he continues to deal with pain associated with a herniated disk.
DeGrom initially said after the game that he “didn’t feel great”, but later defined that statement to mean from a mechanical perspective and offered no clarity on why he summoned Ramirez.
Urena pitched well in each of his last two starts but was let down by his offense in a loss to San Diego on Saturday. He’ll pitch Friday night at AL Central-leading Cleveland against Carlos Carrasco (9-7, 3.23).
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New York Mets right fielder Curtis Granderson (3) poses with members of the Maine-Endwell Little League World Series championship team before a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Miami Marlins, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in New York.
