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Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Tonight, the Mets rolled out Jerad Eickhoff for another start, having already designated him for assignment twice this year. The results were worse than any of his previous starts, which were not good to begin with. The trade deadline is just two-and-a-half days away, at the time of this writing, and the Mets need starting pitching. The Mets have tried their best to send a message that they have plenty of starting pitching over the past couple of days, too. The...

Austin Riley homers twice, Braves slug their way past Mets Field Level Media 28 Jul 2021, 12:55 GMT+10 Austin Riley hit a grand slam with one out in the fourth inning and added a two-run shot in the sixth as the visiting Atlanta Braves recorded a 12-5 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday night. After being held to two runs in Mondays doubleheader and three runs in their previous three contests following a 15-run showing Saturday, the Braves encountered little difficulty against Jerad Eickh...

Mets hope better pitching luck on the way vs. Blue Jays Field Level Media 23 Jul 2021, 08:55 GMT+10 The New York Mets are just a week away from bringing back their black alternate jerseys on July 30. What they could really use heading into their longest homestand of the season, though, is one of the pitchers who wore the black jerseys from the late 1990s through 2012. The undermanned Mets willlook to maintain their National League East lead when they host the Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of ...

Fingerlakes1.com Menu Kyle covers local high school, college, and professional sports on FingerLakes1.com. Click here to contribute to our Sports Page or connect with Kyle using kyle@fingerlakes1.com. The Mets have been in the market for another starting pitcher for quite some time, and that necessity only increased once Jacob deGrom landed on the injured list. With their lack of starters due to other injuries, the Mets have certainly been on the phones with other teams looking for a starter. �...

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Major League Baseball has suspended Mets manager Luis Rojas for two games and given him a fine for what it deemed “excessive arguing” during the first inning of the team’s game on Sunday in Pittsburgh. Rojas was livid after a short ground ball that appeared in real time to be touched by Taijuan Walker in foul territory was ruled fair. And to top things off, Walker had flung the ball pretty far into foul territory on the play, no Mets went after the ball,...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jeff McNeil hit a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning, Kevin Pillar added a three-run homer and the New York Mets went deep seven times Monday night to pull out a wild 15-11 win over the slumping Cincinnati Reds. Michael Conforto connected twice, including a solo shot that capped a five-run outburst in the 11th as the NL East leaders finally put this one away and handed Cincinnati its fourth straight loss to open the second half. New York shook off a season-high four error...

Conforto, Mets overcome early gaffe to top Pirates Michael Conforto hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to complete a huge comeback and the New York Mets overcame an embarrassing gaffe by All-Star pitcher Taijuan Walker to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 Sunday. The Canadian Press VIDEO SIGN OUT PITTSBURGH — Michael Conforto hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to complete a huge comeback and the New York Mets overcame an embarrassing gaffe by All-Star pitcher Taijuan Walker to beat th...

Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images Usually in weeks where the position player meter is ugly, the pitching meter swoops in to save the day. This week, the position player meter was not all that ugly, but the pitching meter is not saving the day. The Mets have relied on lights out pitching all season long, but this week, there were some poor performances to discuss. Sometimes, the Mets overcame them. But other times, they did not. Given the injuries to starters Joey Lucchesi and David Peterson (a...

Syracuse Mets split doubleheader with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Kyle Evans covers local high school, college, and professional sports on FingerLakes1.com. Click here to contribute to our Sports Page or connect with Kyle using kyle@fingerlakes1.com. The Syracuse Mets and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders split their Wednesday doubleheader after game two was called because of rain in the bottom of the sixth inning with the Mets up, 5-0. Left-handed pitcher Anthony Banda impressed in his Met...

Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images Shortly before their series opener in Atlanta this evening, the Mets called up left-handed pitcher Thomas Szapucki and designated right-handed pitcher Jerad Eickhoff for assignment. Eickhoff made just two starts for the Mets, and while he pitched fairly well in his first start, he had a 4.50 ERA and 8.35 FIP in those two starts thanks to a rough outing against the Nationals last night. The 25-year-old Szapucki had been with the Triple-A Syracuse Mets to start th...