Quotes: “No change” for Wright

"The Mets third baseman, who is rehabbing from spinal stenosis and has not played since April 14, was scheduled Monday to have his weekly checkup with Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles, and according to general manager Sandy Alderson there has been “no change” in Wright’s status. A day earlier, manager Terry Collins indicated Wright was [...]

The Travis d’Arnaud-Jon Niese connection

In his career, Niese has thrown 179 innings to d’Arnaud, nearly a full season. His performance with d’Arnaud as his battery mate has been significantly better than without. With d’Arnaud, he has a 3.22 ERA and a 3.05 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Without d’Arnaud, his ERA rises to 4.04 and the strikeout-to-walk ratio drops to 2.59. The [...]