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Tonight's lineup:@CGrand3 RFMurphy 2B#DavidWright 3BDuda 1B@TdArnaud CNieuwenhuis LF@juanlagares2 CFFlores SSColon P#NYMvsPHI — New York Mets (@Mets) August 8, 2014

Originally posted on MLB.com Blogs Central: As we enter the stretch run, MLB.com writers’ Trade Deadline blog rode the huge buzz around rumored and actual deadline deals to the overall top spot. Meanwhile, legendary baseball scribe Tracy Ringolsby’s Write ’em Cowboy and the Astros’ Mission Control blogs made their Latest Leaders debuts as expected. In the fan blogs, Rays…

Today's lineup:@cgrand3 RFMurphy 2B#DavidWright 3BDuda 1B@JuanLagares2 CFFlores SS@Anthony_Recker C@JdeGrom19 P@EYJr LF#NYMvsWAS — New York Mets (@Mets) August 7, 2014

Today I started playing Beat The Streak courtesy of MLB.com . I will be posting my picks on the lineups post on a daily basis. For my first pick, I chose my favorite player David Wright. You can get MLB.com’s Beat The Streak on the App Store and Google Play

I generally don’t do in-game posts, but I was un-able to post anything during the day so I will do one now: Matt Harvey is not the focus for 2014. We will have a good idea of what we should expect from this team playoff wise in about 14 days, so why are the Mets…

Today's lineup:@juanlagares2 CFMurphy 2B#DavidWright 3BDuda 1BCampbell LF@TdArnaud C@CY24_7 RFTejada SS@Wheelerpro45 P#NYMvsWAS — New York Mets (@Mets) August 5, 2014

The Mete designated aging veteran Bobby Abreu for assignment on Monday and recalled Captain Kirk from AAA Las Vegas 51s. The Mets demoted Kirk in July, when Wilmer Flores got recalled. Niko’s opinion: I’ve been reading a lot from the other Mets blogs out there and they all suggest the Mets should also bring up…