Category: News
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Mets officially skipping Matt Harvey on Sunday – Logan Verrett to start instead
Throughout the last week, the Mets had been discussing when to skip Matt Harvey in the rotation. At first Terry Collins said they would skip him sometime in September. But then he hinted Harvey could be skipped as soon as this weekend in their series against the Rockies in Coors Field. On Friday, they came to…
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Michael Conforto will likely be optioned for David Wright, and he knows it
David Wright remains on-track to be activated from the 60-day disabled list on Monday when the Mets open a four-game series against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The Mets will have to make two moves to accommodate Wright: an active roster move and a 40-man roster move since he is now on the 60-day disabled…
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Mets could skip Matt Harvey’s start this weekend
As the Mets continue to map out a plan to keep their young starting pitchers – specifically Matt Harvey – from exceeding their innings limits, the club has all but decided to skip one or more starts at times during the final month of the season. But the Mets may take action sooner rather than…
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Mets likely to skip starters in September, will be available the final weekend and playoffs
With Matt Harvey and Noah Syndergaard approaching their innings limits in 2015, he Mets continue to finalize their plan to manage their innings to ensure they are available for the playoffs. And on Tuesday afternoon in Baltimore, Terry Collins began to shed some light on their rough plan to get their young starting pitchers to that finish…
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Dario Alvarez a likely September call-up when rosters expand
One of the weakest areas of the Mets roster throughout the entire 2015 season has been in left-handed relief, specifically in their ability to get left-handed hitters out routinely. The Mets did acquire LHP Eric O’Flaherty earlier this month, but he has only retired five of the 11 left-handed hitters he’s faced so far with the Mets.…