NY Mets April 2017

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Mets get swept...and fall into 4th place, 5.5 games back in the NL east, 3 below .500....with the Braves coming in for 3 beginning Tuesday.

Mets are 2-8 in their last 10 games. Yeeeesh.

Fun times in Queens.



Murphy, Scherzer slam Mets as Nats win 7th straight, 6-3

 

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Atl. Braves @ NY Mets .... 4/25-27

http://www.espn.com/mlb/preview?gameId=370425121

Mets send Gsellman to face Braves' Teheran

 

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Tonight's game has been postponed due to rain...no announcement on a makeup date.

 

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Well, we can't possibly lose tonight

 

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Braves-Mets rained out; September doubleheader scheduled

NEW YORK -- All that rain gave Yoenis Cespedes and the ailing New York Mets more time to heal up.

Probably couldn't hurt.

The series opener between the Mets and Atlanta Braves was postponed Tuesday night because of a steady downpour, forcing both slumping teams to wait another day for a chance to stop their losing streaks. The game was rescheduled as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Sept. 25 at 4:10 p.m.

Cespedes exited last Thursday's loss to Philadelphia with a cramp in his left hamstring, and the Mets haven't won since. The slugger planned to return Tuesday and was penciled into the lineup -- but Terry Collins wasn't going to take any chances on a slick field.

"If we play in this condition, you'll be in left field before Cespedes," the manager told a reporter at his afternoon news conference, drawing a round of laughs.

Travis d'Arnaud also was ready to start again for a struggling Mets team that's averaged 2.9 runs over the past nine games. The catcher bruised his right wrist last Wednesday and has been limited to pinch-hitting duty since.

Because of the wet weather, d'Arnaud tested his wrist by throwing in the indoor batting cage.

"To get both those guys back is going to be big. All of a sudden, you're looking at another one or two guys closer to having your regular lineup out there," Collins said.

First baseman Lucas Duda (hyperextended left elbow) and infielder Wilmer Flores (right knee infection) remain on the 10-day disabled list.

Atlanta, which has lost six consecutive games, pushed back scheduled starter Julio Teheran to Wednesday night and knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to Thursday afternoon. That means Bartolo Colon is no longer slated to face his former Mets teammates this time through town.

"We shot ourselves in the foot a few times the first couple of weeks, but we haven't played bad baseball," Braves manager Brian Snitker said.

"The preparation's good, the enthusiasm's good. You can see, I mean, everybody's playing the game the way they're supposed to. We're gettin' after it and I think we just handle this and we're going to be all right," he added. "I don't feel like we need to blow anything up. I think it's more of, we've just got to stay the course and grind it out every night."

New York, which has dropped four straight and eight of nine, will skip No. 5 starter Robert Gsellman, who was slated to pitch Tuesday. Instead, the rookie right-hander will be available out of the bullpen for the next few days, Collins said.

Noah Syndergaard will get the ball Wednesday as scheduled, with Matt Harvey going Thursday.

Rain fell in Queens most of the afternoon and a nasty forecast called for showers deep into the night. The game was postponed about 90 minutes before the scheduled first pitch at chilly Citi Field, where flags atop the ballpark were whipping in a stiff wind.

The rain wiped out an originally scheduled matchup Wednesday night between Dickey and Syndergaard, traded for each other in a seven-player swap between the Mets and Toronto Blue Jays in December 2012. The deal also included Travis d'Arnaud and came about a month after Dickey won the NL Cy Young Award with New York.

 

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NEW YORK -- The New York Mets have pushed back Noah Syndergaard's turn in the rotation by a day, and Robert Gsellman will start Wednesday night against the Atlanta Braves in his place.

Gsellman was scheduled to pitch Tuesday against Atlanta in a game that was rained out, and the Mets initially said they would skip their No. 5 starter and let Syndergaard pitch Wednesday on normal rest.

But several hours before first pitch, New York announced that it would instead slide the rotation back, with Syndergaard throwing Thursday against the Braves and Matt Harvey pushed back a day to Friday in the opener of a series against the NL East-leading Nationals.

 

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But several hours before first pitch, New York announced that it would instead slide the rotation back, with Syndergaard throwing Thursday against the Braves and Matt Harvey pushed back a day to Friday in the opener of a series against the NL East-leading Nationals.

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Gee, what a $urpri$e. It'$ hard to imagine why the Met$ would $witch thing$ up like thi$

Speaking of which..is Dillon "Gee" still even pitching in the big leagues??



And did you catch that awesome leap by the Blue Jays' Chris Coghlan to score a run above and over the dumbfounded Yadier Molina last night?
That was some straight up ninja shit....

 

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Gsellman, Teheran to duel in opener

Mets game 1 lineup:

Conforto - CF
Cabrera - SS
Cespedes - LF
Bruce - 1B
Walker -2B
Granderson - RF
d'Arnaud - C
Reyes - 3B
Gsellman - P

 

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Nothing like starting the game down 5 after 1

 

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Nothing like starting the game down 5 after 1

especially to a bottom feeder.




I really think TC has lost these guys, and most of what he does isn't working.

I don't want to hear any injury excuse platitudes.

Sandy & TC should both be on notice....but the Wilponzi's will remain complacent as usual.

 

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Yikes....3 errors already....and it's just the 3rd inning???

This team is flat lining...and very embarrassing to watch right now.

What a joke.

Anyone else sense a no hitter looming?

 

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Well, we can't possibly lose tonight

well there's always a following night....ugghhh

 

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Breaking News.

Mets avoid being no hit.

Cabrera single in the bottom 4th.

Now comes the bigger objective....avoiding a shutout.


LGM!!!

 

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Wow....and there it is.

Sac fly rbi by Walker.

5-1 game.

 

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Gman gives that run back and gets pulled before getting an out in the 5th...6-1 braves.

TC aka: Tinkering Clown strikes again.

 

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Lots of great basketball and hockey on tonight, eh guys?

 

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Lots of great basketball and hockey on tonight, eh guys?

Hells yeah....the 2nd half of that Wizards-Hawks game was damn good.

Bulls - Celts looks like it's gonna come down to the wire too..

 

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Hells yeah....the 2nd half of that Wizards-Hawks game was damn good.

Bulls - Celts looks like it's gonna come down to the wire too..

Surprised Nashville has jumped out to 2-0 on St. Louis

 

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Nope, 2-1 now...