Clay Holmes caps Mets spring by clearing critical hurdle
Port St. Lucy – Clay Holmes went to the mound for the sixth inning on Friday to conquer mental fatigue. The right-hander, a former savior who reached the starter for the Mets this spring, felt the full brunt of his new role, even if his arm showed no signs of obsession. “Physically, I was in […]
Mets’ Clay Holmes throws 77 pitches as he nears Opening Day start
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — In his first spring start since being selected as the Mets' opening day starter, Clay Holmes looked for a part in the 4¹/₃ innings on Saturday in a 4-1 defeat at Cactus Park in Palm Beach. For the first time in his new role, the right-hander said he managed to […]
Clay Holmes to start Opening Day for Mets
Port St. Lucy – The Mets will resort to new additions of first-day pitching assignments. According to coach Carlos Mendoza, Clay Holmes will win the opening March 27th for Houston. The right-handed right-handed, who moved from a relief to a starter this spring, received a mission against Kodaisenga and David Peterson. Other possibilities for starting […]
Clay Holmes’ shift from reliever to Mets starter has reached its next phase
Port St. Lucy – Clay Holmes' accumulation as a starter for the Mets goes beyond the physical side. Now, as of spring training, he has been working on multiple jobs through batting orders. “It's not just throwing a sinker,” Holmes said Sunday. “I want to use my pitch, have some type of game plan, read […]
Clay Holmes making transition to Mets starting role look seamless
Port St. Lucy – Through two outings, Clay Holmes' starter-to-starter transition was almost perfect. He pitched three innings in a Mets' 5-0 Grapefruitreeg victory over the Astros on Thursday, giving up one hit with two strikeouts and one walk. He increased his workload and threw 42 pitches, but threw 34 pitches in the first start. […]
Rep. Clay Higgins says bureaucracies “cannibalizing our nation”
As the Trump administration moves to cut thousands of government jobs, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) issued a message to federal workers facing unemployment, saying that bureaucrats “cannibalize” the country. He expressed his sympathy for their situation, claiming that he was doing so. Higgins, who has served in the House of Representatives since 2017, declared that […]
Mets’ Clay Holmes has never been given starting chance quite like this
Port St. Lucy was the four major startes Clay Holmes made – the first four and the final four. It was 2018. He was a newcomer: 1. Joe Musgrove, Gerrit Cole's important return in offseason trade from Pittsburgh to Houston, developed Right Finger Infection. So Holmes had to fly to Los Angeles to launch independence […]
Clay Holmes pitches three perfect innings in Mets’ debut as starter
Port St. Lucy – The newness in the Clay Holmes situation was spreading beyond the Mets' pitching on Saturday. For the first time with the Pirates since 2019, he was a starting pitcher. Holmes' Mets debut was successful on all counts, starting with the fact that the Astros didn't touch him in three innings. With […]
Mets’ Clay Holmes surprised by Yankees’ reversal on facial hair months after exit
Port St. Lucy – Clay Holmes knew that day would arrive, but this is soon? The Mets pitcher – wearing a neatly tidy beard – showed he got caught up in surprise on Friday to learn his former team, the Yankees. “Everyone would have always talked about this day, but it felt like a distant […]
Clay Holmes a linchpin to unlocking Mets’ rotation
Port St. Lucy – When the Mets arrived at spring training, their intention was to go in a rotation of six from the start of the regular season. Tensions for one Frankie Montas Ratt later, Carlos Mendoza's current Lean said he told the Post that he would go in a five-person rotation for the first […]