#Mets’ Starling Marte willing to play center field

#Mets’ Starling Marte willing to play center field

“Mets’ Starling Marte willing to play center field” SAN DIEGO — If Starling Marte needs a position change next season, the team expects a relatively easy transition. Marte is among the Mets’ options to play center field if Brandon Nimmo departs through free agency. Marte, 34, shifted to right field this season after spending the…

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#Mets stars come up big in season-saving win over Padres

#Mets stars come up big in season-saving win over Padres

“Mets stars come up big in season-saving win over Padres” The sellout crowd stood for most of the inning, twirling orange rally towels with each positive development. After slogging offensively a night earlier and then clawing to a one-run lead Saturday, here was the daylight the Mets so desperately needed. Before that seventh inning concluded…

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#Mets’ Starling Marte makes impact amid return from injury

#Mets’ Starling Marte makes impact amid return from injury

“Mets’ Starling Marte makes impact amid return from injury” ANAHEIM, Calif. — Starling Marte was back Sunday night, giving the Mets their first “regular” lineup in four games.  The veteran outfielder departed Tuesday’s game in San Diego with left quadriceps discomfort. On the same night, Pete Alonso was hit in the right hand by a…

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#Mets ride Taijuan Walker’s gem in win over Angels

#Mets ride Taijuan Walker’s gem in win over Angels

“Mets ride Taijuan Walker’s gem in win over Angels” ANAHEIM, Calif. — Taijuan Walker was the hardest-working pitcher on the Mets’ marathon West Coast swing that concluded Sunday night.  Seldom does a pitcher receive three starts on the same road trip, but there was Walker facing the Angels to bookend a journey that began with…

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#Starling Marte remains red-hot since return to Mets

#Starling Marte remains red-hot since return to Mets

“Starling Marte remains red-hot since return to Mets” Starling Marte was starting to get hot when personal loss forced him away from the team.  That break hasn’t cooled him off, though.  Since returning from the bereavement list on May 21 after mourning the loss of his grandmother, Ponga Brigida, who raised him and his two…

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