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- Updated: August 7, 2016
DETROIT — A day after the Tigers blasted Logan Verrett for six runs in 3 2/3 innings, Mets manager Terry Collins remained uncommitted to Verrett as his fifth starter. For now, Verrett is penciled in Friday against the Padres at Citi Field, though the Mets will huddle between now and then to discuss a possible change.
“We’re going to take a look and see basically who is best-suited to get them out,” Collins said. “We’ve got to put a streak together. It becomes a big homestand.”
If not Verrett, the Mets could turn to Jonathon Niese, who delivered 2 1/3 shutout innings Saturday in relief of Verrett. Collins specifically mentioned Niese, whom the Mets reacquired in a trade with the Pirates last Monday, as a possible rotation sub. Before losing his hold on a rotation spot in Pittsburgh, Niese was 7-6 …
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