Newly acquired Yoenis Cespedes hitting third tonight as his New York Mets will take on the first place Washington Nationals.
The whirlwind of a week that the New York Mets put themselves and their fans through is now finally over. Wilmer Flores and Zack Wheeler are still Mets, and Yoenis Cespedes, Juan Uribe, Kelly Johnson and Tyler Clippard are the newest additions.
The 2015 Mets route to October is now set.
Saturday night starts that journey with this set roster as Jacob deGrom (10-6, 2.05 ERA) will take on Washington Nationals starter Joe Ross (2-3, 3.03 ERA) at Citi Field.
Tonight’s lineup: @cgrand3 CF Murphy 3B @ynscspds LF Duda 1B Flores 2B Johnson RF @TdArnaud C @JdeGrom19 P Tejada SS #Mets
— New York Mets (@Mets) August 1, 2015
#Nats at Mets: Rendon 2B, Escobar 3B, Harper RF, Zimmerman 1B, Werth LF, Desmond SS, Ramos C, Taylor CF, Ross RHP pic.twitter.com/YAoo0x5dOh
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) August 1, 2015
The real story of the night will surround Cepedes. The newly acquired Mets power-hitter will wear No. 52, start in left-field and hit No. 3 in the lineup.
He also met the New York city media:
.@ynscspds walking to meet with the media. #Mets pic.twitter.com/fggAXDlMSr
— New York Mets (@Mets) August 1, 2015
Welcome, @ynscspds! #Mets pic.twitter.com/hqRMJJ6oAS
— New York Mets (@Mets) August 1, 2015
Tonight, 7:10p @ynscspds makes his #Mets debut tonight. More in this game preview: http://t.co/MTxx3FqHCZ pic.twitter.com/zAj8DBVXjv
— New York Mets (@Mets) August 1, 2015
When asked what he knew about the #Mets before the deal. @ynscspds said the team’s strong pitching staff. pic.twitter.com/IM9EeatXfq
— New York Mets (@Mets) August 1, 2015
First pitch is slated for 7:10 PM ET in Flushing, NY. There’s no way this team can top the Flores-hero game from last night, right?
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