Category: News
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Former Met John Buck announces his retirement
Earlier this morning, former Met C John Buck announced his retirement from Major League Baseball, the Braves announced in a statement. Buck, 34, played 11 Major League seasons (2004-14) with seven different clubs. He totaled 1,090 career games and collected 844 hits, including 134 home runs. He was in Braves camp on a minor league deal this…
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Jon Niese will NOT pitch against the Nationals on Thursday night
Due to the possibility of bad weather tonight in central Florida, the Mets not be sending Jon Niese to face the Nationals in Viera tonight, according to the team’s beat reporters. Instead, Niese will face Bartolo Colon in a minor league intrasquad game in Port St. Lucie this morning. Matt Bowman will start in Niese’s place tonight.
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The Mets are considering batting pitcher eighth, again
At various times during Terry Collins tenure with the Mets, he and his staff toyed with the idea of batting the pitcher eighth. The belief is if there is a more competent hitter in the ninth spot in the order, the chances of that hitter getting on-base are higher which would translate into more run…
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Dillon Gee was testing himself on Tuesday
In Spring Training, it’s always difficult to tell what a pitcher is trying to accomplish in an outing. Such was the case yesterday. It was clear Dillon Gee was emphasizing the use of his change-up early in his outing, but he said after the game he and Dan Warthen were strictly going with a fastball/change-up combination. “We…
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