MIKE BAXTER RUMORS & GOSSIP

Starting Lineup Mike Baxter – LF Kirk Nieuwenhuis – CF David Wright – 3B Lucas Duda – RF Daniel Murphy – 2B Ike Davis – 1B Ronny Cedeno – SS Rob Johnson – C Jonathon Niese – LHP The Mets and Pirates play the rubber game this afternoon at 12:35 in Pittsburgh, as the Mets look to get back to back wins. Yesterday was the first...

Starting Lineup Mike Baxter – LF Kirk Nieuwenhuis – CF David Wright – 3B Lucas Duda – RF Daniel Murphy – 2B Ike Davis – 1B Ronny Cedeno – SS Mike Nickeas – C R.A. Dickey – RHP The Mets will try to put last night behind them as they take on the Pirates in game two of this series. Last night’s game was filled with errors...

Mike Baxter is being rewarded for his solid play and is not only starting tonight, but is batting leadoff. Baxter, who is hitting .390 with 7 doubles and 8 RBI. Ike Davis will get the start at 1B, and looks to finally break out of this season long slump. There has been a lot of chatter about sending Fearless down to Buffalo, but Collins is trying to be patient with his first baseman. RA Dickey

The New York Mets defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon to move three games above .500, 22-19: Dillon Gee started for New York, allowing three runs on five hits over 6 2/3 innings of work, improving to 3-3 on the year: Given a four run lead, Gee allowed runs in the second and third innings — including a solo blast by Jose Bautista — before retiring eight...

Mike Baxter had three hits and came within a home run of the cycle, Dillon Gee won for the first time in four starts and the New York Mets held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Sunday. Baxter doubled and scored in the first, tripled home a run in the second and singled and scored in the fifth to help the Mets avoid a three-game sweep. Baxter had two chances to complete his...

A day after being thrown at second base in yesterday's game, Mike Baxter went 3-for-4 with an RBI on Sunday The New York Mets salvaged the third game of a three-game interleague series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon defeating the home team by a score of 6-5. The Mets took a 3-0 lead in the first inning and didn’t look back from there. The Mets jumped on...

  Mike Baxter and Justin Turner get rare starts tonight for the Mets. Turner, usually a 2B will get the start in lieu of Ronny Cedeno at SS, and Mike Baxter will get a shot in LF. Baxter has been a solid addition to the Mets bench this year, and has hit well when called upon. Captain Kirk will go back to CF to give Andres Torres a rest. David Wright looks to continue his hot hitting, and pick

It’s a fairytale story to say the least. Childhood Mets fan and Whitestone, Queens native Mike Baxter wound up suiting up for hometown team last summer. Though his playing time was limited, it still must have been a great thrill for him to be playing right at home. But this year, Baxter legitimately won a roster spot in spring training as the fifth outfielder/left-handed pinch...

Mike Baxter wanted to show his versatility, so he gave the Mets Staff a little scouting report on himself. And center field wasn't at the top of his list. "I wanted to give them a detailed analysis of what I'd done in the past," Baxter said. "It was right field, then first base, then left field, then center, in order of games played." Now that...

One of the essential things to think about in the offseason is how the roster for the following year will shake out. We’ve done it here at 360, both in terms of Rule 5 purposes and to see how the projected budget might shape the team. One guy who hasn’t received a lot of discussion is outfielder Mike Baxter. Our own Chris Walendin expects Baxter to keep his spot on the 40...