Mets retire David Wright's No. 5
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Juan Soto scored the go-ahead run after Edwin Diaz gave up the tying run in the eighth inning in the Mets' 3-2 win over the Reds on Sunday.
Luis Torrens was the goat on Saturday for a throwing error he made in a loss to the Reds. Sunday afternoon was a different story, however. Torrens’ hard-hit ground ball in the bottom of the eighth inn
Jake Fraley matched a career high with three hits and drove in two runs as the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets 5-2.
Wright and Jose Reyes, the former Mets shortstop who spent most of his career playing next to Wright, would race one another on the field at the end of practices. “Here’s my two stars, going full-bore on the second day of spring training,
Francisco Alvarez’s bat is cooking, and the Mets are noticing. The catcher had six homers in his past four games for Triple-A Syracuse entering Saturday night and continues to show improvement behind the plate, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, in what has been an open-ended minor league assignment.
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The Mets are retiring No. 5 and inducting David Wright into the team Hall of Fame because of how he lit up the city and brought excitement, hope and belief to the Mets and their fans only three
Wright missed more than four months of the 2015 season, diagnosed with spinal stenosis, before he returned to the lineup in late August, with the Mets holding a healthy lead in the NL East. Collins recalled Wright telling him he didn’t expect to hit in the middle of the lineup when he came back or disturb the way they were performing.
When Kodai Senga takes the mound at Citi Field, he’s not just pitching for the New York Mets. He’s part of a rising wave of Japanese talent that’s breathing new life into America’s pastime – and drawing millions of new eyes on both sides of the Pacific.
Voit, who primarily played second base this past spring as a junior at Michigan, also pitched as a freshman and sophomore. He did not pitch this past season after an elbow injury.