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New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo has a partially collapsed lung and has been placed on the 10-day disabled list. The Mets announced the move before Saturday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals. All-Star outfielder Michael Conforto was activated from the DL in a corresponding roster move. Mets manager Terry Collins told reporters that Nimmo was sent to the hospital Friday night after complaining about how he felt following New York's game in St. Louis. "[The diagnosis] is not necessarily real serious, but it's surprising for sure," Collins told reporters. Nimmo, 24, has appeared in 15 games for the Mets this season, batting .350 (7-for-20) with two RBIs. He was the Mets' first-round draft Continue to Article

July 08, 2017 1:45:pm EST

The Mets' use of advanced analytics and data was one of the reasons the team stuck with Curtis Granderson when he was struggling badly earlier this season. Granderson, who was hitting just .122 in early-May, was "tremendously unlucky" on batting average on balls he put in play (BABIP), assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler said recently, according to SportTechie. "He was really pretty good," Roessler said last week at the SABR convention. "You try to use that to keep their confidence up and keep them in the right frame of mind." "We know in here that it's more than just your average to determine if you're playing well or not," Granderson said recently. For the season, Granderson is now hitting Continue to Article

July 08, 2017 11:35:am EST

The Mets have no plan in place to limit RHP Zack Wheeler's innings during the second half of the season, per Newsday's Marc Carig.  Wheeler, who missed the past two seasons after Tommy John Surgery, is currently on pace to pitch 140 innings this year. Manager Terry Collins said that the team may consider a limit in the future, but "nothing's been discussed."  The 27-year-old has gone through a rough stretch of late, owning a 9.58 ERA in his last six starts. However, Collins believes it is just fatigue. "His velocity has come," Collins said. "We saw a great improvement in the command of his secondary pitches. Then, he went through that issue where I think he ran into a little fatigue and he lost Continue to Article

July 07, 2017 8:26:pm EST

In an effort to continue giving themselves a chance to win this season, but also work on improving the roster for next season, I wonder if the Mets will consider acquiring a pending free agent, such as Rangers C Jonathan Lucroy or Pirates OF Andrew McCutchen. I realize this reads counterintuitively, and could possibly be foolish. However, in the event the Mets are considering signing Lucroy or trading for McCutchen this winter, is there a benefit to acquiring them and learning now how they handle New York?  For instance, if the Mets have no interest in retaining, say, Lucas Duda, Jay Bruce, Curtis Granderson, and Asdrubal Cabrera, could they trade some of these guys for a collection of so-so Continue to Article

July 07, 2017 5:30:pm EST