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Mets mulling late inning bullpen changes with Tyler Clippard, Addison Reed
Things haven’t come easy for Tyler Clippard lately, and the team is starting to take notice as they try and formulate their bullpen plans for the playoffs. In fact, Clippard’s performance issues have gotten to the point Terry Collins and the coaching staff are considering making Addison Reed their eighth inning reliever, he said on Thursday. It…
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Sean Gilmartin named Thursday’s starter
Sean Gilmartin has had a season full of firsts in his professional career, and on Thursday he will experience another one. Terry Collins has named Gilmartin his starting pitcher in Thursday’s series finale against the Phillies. Tim Stauffer will follow Gilmartin soon thereafter. Gilmartin is starting in place of Steven Matz, who was diagnosed with back…
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Todd Frazier: Mets are the ‘team to beat’ in the postseason
In their National League East clinching series against the Reds this past weekend, the Mets sent their four young starters to the mound in the hitter-friendly environment of Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. And that didn’t matter to them one bit. Steven Matz, Noah Syndergaard, Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom – all of which have…
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Terry Collins still deciding between Bartolo Colon and Steven Matz for playoff rotation
Throughout their entire drive to the postseason, Terry Collins and the Mets have been pretty clear as to the front three of their starting rotation will be. And on Sunday, Collins reaffirmed his front three in the rotation will unquestionably be Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, and Noah Syndergaard. But Collins didn’t offer an order in which his…
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Bartolo Colon or Jon Niese will transition to a relief role this week
Mets manager Terry Collins shed some more light on his postseason pitching plans on Saturday afternoon, although in a subtle way. Collins said on Saturday he intends to send one of Bartolo Colon or Jon Niese to the bullpen upon clinching the National League East in an effort to test them in a relief role. It’s not…
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