SLACKISH REACTION: You likely know that the Mets signed Joey Bautista who started, played LF, batted 5th, doubled and scored. I will let the lazy blogs write The Obvious. I spent most of the night watching Matt Harvey look surpassingly OK now that he is free of pitching guru Mickey Callaway. The 4th place Mets are 3.5 out.
Matt Harvey can’t remember the last time he went six innings without giving up a bunch of runs https://t.co/OUWecXsCe7 https://t.co/ZRa5VF3XYU
— Anthony Fiato (@LAmobslugger) May 23, 2018
The below is amazing.
Jose Bautista was on his couch at 2 p.m. Tuesday after clearing waivers. Forty minutes later he had a one-year, major-league contract with the Mets and he managed to make a 3:45 p.m. flight from Tampa to Laguardia; he lives near the Tampa airport.
The 37-year-old landed at 6:15 and walked into the clubhouse at 6:30 (via MSN.com)
The Mets had their four-game winning streak snapped tonight…The Mets are 5-2 on this homestand and fell to 12-12 at home.
Mets pitching struck out 11 batters tonight…It was the club’s seventh straight game with nine or more strikeouts, tied for the second-longest streak in franchise history…The club record is eight straight games with nine or more strikeouts, set July 24-31, 2016…The Mets also had a seven-game streak from August 23-29, 2015.
Zack Wheeler: Tied his season-high with nine strikeouts tonight…Also fanned nine on April 29 at San Diego…Wheeler has struck out seven or more batters in five of his eight starts…Wheeler has 47 strikeouts in 44.0 innings of work this season.
And most importantly: Time: 2:50
“I think that the Mets are going to be okay,” Beltran tells TMZ Sports … “I think that the season is early, I think that they have a lot of talent so there’s no doubt that they have the talent to bounce back.”
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The Somerset Patriots have announced that left-handed pitcher Aaron Laffey’s contract has been purchased by the New York Mets. Laffey is expected to report to Triple-A. Via MyCentralNJ,com
