For the second year in a row, the rumor mills were churning in New York, as the Valley of The Stupid (talk radio) pushed the idea of Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard being traded. When will those jabonies ever learn? Syndergaard isn't going anywhere. He pitched into the 8th inning Tuesday and ended up with another no decision as Edwin Diaz suffered his fifth blown save of the season against the Chicago White Sox.
The Mets, though, extended their winning streak to a season best 5 in a row after being the ChiSox, 5-2, in 11 innings. Jeff McNeil & Michael Conforto hit back-to-back homers for the Mets to win it.
On Sunday, after sweeping Pittsburgh, the Mets traded a pair of minor league pitchers, including highly touted Anthony Kay, to Toronto for Marcus Stroman, who'll make his Mets debut Saturday in Pittsburgh.
The next day, Jason Vargas, Sunday's winner, was shipped off to Philadelphia in exchange for a minor league catcher. Vargas' 2nd stint in Flushing ends rather abruptly, but apparently the Mets never intended to trade Syndergaard after all, and the talk radio idiots were faked out.
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Speaking of the Pirates, they took out their frustrations Tuesday by blowing out Cincinnati, 11-4, but that wasn't the story. The game was already well in hand in the 9th inning when tempers flared. Reds reliever Amir Garrett had had enough....
Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig, acquired just seven months ago from the Dodgers, is on the move again. Minutes before the brawl, it was reported that Puig was headed out of the National League, as the Reds dealt him to Cleveland for disgruntled pitcher Trevor Bauer as part of a three team deal that also sees San Diego send outfielder Franmil Reyes out to Cleveland.
Bauer wrote his ticket out of town when he tossed a baseball over the center field wall on Sunday in a fit of anger. The Reds don't figure to be players for a wild card going forward in another lost season, hence disposing of Puig. Stranger things have happened, though.
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