New York Mets staff ace Matt Harvey and top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler delivered back-to-back impressive starts in a doubleheader on Tuesday against the Atlanta Braves, leading the Mets to victory in both contests. In game one, Harvey was electric, bringing a no-hit bid into the seventh inning before surrendering an infield single to Jason Heyward with no outs in the top of the frame. Prior to Heyward's ...

New York Mets prospect Zack Wheeler turned in a strong pitching performance in what should be his last minor-league start before his major-league debut on June 18.  Wheeler took a no-hitter into the fifth inning before Carlos Peguero hit a solo home run with one out. Peguero homered twice and drove in three runs while Ben Tenbrink had three RBIs for the Tacoma. Wheeler struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings fo ...

In an interview with WFAN radio on Monday afternoon, New York Mets GM Sandy Alderson hinted that top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler will make his major league debut in a doubleheader game on Tuesday, June 18 against the Milwaukee Brewers. "There's been a lot of speculation that he'll start one game of the doubleheader on June 18," Alderson said during an appearance on WFAN Monday afternoon. "Unlike most spe ...

New York Mets ace Matt Harvey left his start against the Miami Marlins today  after throwing 93 pitches in the seventh inning with what was described later as lower back tightness. Harvey came out to warm up for the eighth-inning when Mets manager Terry Collins and the team trainer  went out to talk to him, and Harvey was removed from the game. Prior to Saturday's game, Harvey was 5-0 with a 2.17 ERA and 0. ...

Dillon Gee struck out a career-high 12 and held the crosstown rival Bronx Bombers to four hits, pitching into the eighth to lead the New York Mets to a 3-1  win and a four-game season sweep of the New York Yankees. The Yankees have now lost five straight. The Yankees began the week leading the AL East at 30-20. Vidal Nuno took the loss for New York. Gee (3-6) had not thrown more than five innings in any of ...

New York Mets first baseman Ike Davis struck out four times on a total pitches against the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field on Friday night. It is the third time that he has  accomplished the feat this season. The game was suspended in the eighth-inning and will be resumed today. Davis may have an opportunity to whiff for the fifth time although manager Terry Collins may have a different idea for Davis who is n ...

New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy hit in the leadoff spot for the first time this season and made the best of it, slugging a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the eighth-inning to give the Mets a 4-3 lead en route to a victory over the Chicago Cubs. Murphy had a seven-game hitting streak entering the game, which was extended with the solo shot in the eighth-inning. In that eight-game span, Murph ...

The past three MLB Amateur Drafts have produced great pitching talent, talent that has produced for MLB clubs throughout the minors and into the majors, such as with the early bloomers Matt Harvey and Chris Sale who have pitched brilliantly for their respective clubs. Noah Syndergaard supplemental first-round draft pick in 2010 for the Toronto Blue Jays, and acquired from Toronto in the R.A. Dickey trade by ...

Matt Harvey  isn't eligible for Rookie of the Year votes, But if he keeps on pitching like this a Cy Young Award may be in his future. Harvey allowed just one hit while striking out 12, but he took a no-decision as the Mets beat the White Sox 1-0 in 10 innings. Harvey allowed an infield single to Alex Rios with two outs in the seventh inning. Harvey lowered his ERA after seven starts to 1.28, his WHIP to 0. ...

The old adage of it's going to get worse before it gets better certainly applies to the New York Yankees injury situation.  Five pitches into Friday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays, catcher Francisco Cervelli was hit on the right hand with a foul tip  off the bat of Blue Jays leadoff hitter Rajai Davis. Cervelli left the game and was taken to the clubhouse for X-rays, which revealed a fracture. Cervell ...

Matt Harvey turned in seven innings, giving up one run on three hits and striking out nine, and John Buck hit a three-run homer and the Mets beat Roy Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 in Philadelphia. Halladay gave up seven runs and six hits in 4+ innings of work.  He is now allowed 12 runs in 7 1/3 innings this season.  Halladay says he feels fine. "Ninety-five percent is mental," Halladay said. " ...

The New York Mets have been searching for luck since Endy Chavez made a catch in the 2006 NLCS. That search will continue longer as ace, Johan Santana, may have re-torn his throwing shoulder on Thursday. Santana, threw 199 innings and posted a 2.98 ERA for the Mets in 2010. He missed all of 2011 due to tearing the anterior capsule in his throwing shoulder and may require the exact same surgery again. If nee ...

The story line set to showcase Mets' top pitching prospect, Zack Wheeler, against the player he was traded for, the Cardinals' Carlos Beltran, will have to be shelved for now. Wheeler strained his oblique muscle on the right side while swinging a bat in the batting cage before the game. The strain lead to Wheeler's scratch  and the injury is considered "nothing serious". Wheeler said his oblique was "a litt ...

With the ever rising cost of offense, more and more teams are looking to platoons as low-cost, high-reward options. The platoon is hardly a new managerial tool, but it seems as though there are more teams using the stat-heavy angle to leverage player's stronger sides to enhance the team's production--while also saving a penny or two in the process. Below is an in-depth, projected list of National League org ...