Jefry Yan announces MLB arrival with dance party as new Mets bullpen delivers in win over Guardians

Nypost · Aug 05, 2026 · 799 words · By Mike Puma

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CLEVELAND — Jefry Yan announced his arrival to the major leagues Wednesday night with a dance party.

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What happened

CLEVELAND — Jefry Yan announced his arrival to the major leagues Wednesday night with a dance party.

Why it matters

Three times in the sixth inning the rookie reliever celebrated — twice for strikeouts and once for recording the final out with the bases loaded.

Common ground

“I was really excited, but I was also a little nervous,” Yan said through an interpreter after the Mets beat the Guardians 6-5 in 10 innings.

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Claim 1: “he returned to the lineup in early July after missing nearly three months with Achilles and wrist injuries”

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Claim 2: “Travis Bazzana stroked an RBI single to slice the Mets lead to 3-1”

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Claim 3: “Other than the two unearned runs the Guardians scored in the seventh with Dedniel Núñez on the mound, the Mets bullpen was spotless”

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Claim 4: “Jared Young’s RBI double in the fourth gave the Mets a 3-0 lead”

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Claim 5: “Scott’s longest start of the season, six innings against the Braves in the nightcap of a doubleheader last week”

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Claim 6: “the Mets beat the Guardians 6-5 in 10 innings”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm the New York Mets defeated the Cleveland Guardians 6-5 in 10 innings.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Germán Amed Rosario Valdez (born November 20, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball utility player for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kevin Jeffrey Plawecki (; born February 26, 1991) is an American former professional baseball catcher who currently serves as the catching coach for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB)…
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Claim 7: “Polanco had not homered since April 11”

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Claim 8: “Baty’s homer was his seventh of the season and fourth since July 10”

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Claim 9: “Scott allowed two runs in the fifth after loading the bases on two singles and a walk with nobody out. Lowe’s two-run single tied it 3-3”

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Claim 10: “Patrick Bailey and Genao each delivered an RBI single in the seventh to give the Guardians a 5-4 lead following Young’s fielding error”

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Claim 11: “Brett Baty, Jorge Polanco and Carson Benge all went deep”

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One web search result mentions Carson Benge hitting a solo home run, but the combined claim that Baty, Polanco, and Benge all went deep is not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York Mets season is the 65th season of the New York Mets in Major League Baseball, their 18th at Citi Field, and their sixth under majority owner Steve Cohen. The Mets will attempt to imp…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The All-Star Futures Game is an annual baseball exhibition game hosted by Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of its midsummer All-Star Game festivities. From 1999 to 2018, a team of prospects from th…
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Claim 12: “The 29-year-old lefty, who spent four years removed from affiliated baseball after his release from the Angels organization in 2016”

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The search results provided for this claim are irrelevant (housewives and other pitchers), providing no evidence regarding Jefry Yan's age or history with the Angels.

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web search NEUTRAL — A Day Of A 29 Year Old Housewife ASMR. Lana Luba. 64 тыс. просмотров • 3 недели назад.I'm a 29 Year Old Housewife And I Want To Share This Very Special Recipe.
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web search NEUTRAL — According to baseball-almanac, Bumgarner had a three pitch inning on...
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web search NEUTRAL — The 38-year-old Reilly has played in the major leagues for nine years. This season, he has played 45 games, striking out 40 in 41.1 innings with an ERA of just 1.96 and a ground ball percentage of 33.…
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Claim 13: “whose 13 homers are the most among active Mets players”

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Claim 14: “Juan Soto, who is on the injured list, leads the team with 21 homers this season”

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Claim 15: “Christian Scott needed 96 pitches to get through five innings in which he allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks with seven strikeouts”

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Claim 16: “Angel Martínez took a called third strike leading off the sixth”

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The search results provided for 'Angel Martínez' are irrelevant, discussing statues and TV shows rather than a baseball game.

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web search NEUTRAL — Statue of the angel of the Annunciation, c. 1430–1440, Metropolitan Museum of Art Schutzengel ("Guardian angel") by Bernhard Plockhorst depicts a guardian angel watching over two children. The Archang…
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web search NEUTRAL — Angel (1999 TV series) ... Angel is an American supernatural drama television series, a spinoff of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffy' s creator, writer and director Joss Whedon…
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web search NEUTRAL — Stream Angel Originals and family movies & TV shows online. Watch full episodes anytime on Angel.com or the Angel TV and mobile app.
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Claim 17: “The run was unearned following Angel Genao’s double error on Benge’s grounder”

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Claim 18: “Bo Bichette’s RBI single in the 10th brought in the go-ahead run”

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Multiple independent sources confirm Bo Bichette hit a go-ahead RBI single in the 10th inning to secure the win for the Mets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bo Joseph Bichette (; born March 5, 1998) is a Brazilian - American professional baseball infielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Toront…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alphonse Dante Bichette Sr. (; born November 18, 1963) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder for the California Angels (1988–199…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alphonse Dante Bichette Jr. (born September 26, 1992) is an American former professional baseball third baseman and first baseman. He was drafted by the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB)…
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Claim 19: “Daniel Duarte got the final three outs with the automatic runner left stranded”

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While the general game context is corroborated, the specific detail about Daniel Duarte recording the final three outs with the automatic runner stranded is only mentioned in the context of the game narrative in one source (NBC Sports mentions he got the call to close, but the specific 'final three outs' detail is not independently corroborated by other provided search results).

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web search NEUTRAL — With the automatic runner on second, the runner could advance on a ground-out and then score on a sac-fly — and boom, despite not allowing a single baserunner and maintaining his perfect game for nine…
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web search NEUTRAL — Alek Jacob recorded the final two outs to close out the Chihuahuas’ 66th win.Adam Conrad allowed the automatic runner to score in the tenth, but it was the only run he allowed in two innings.
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web search NEUTRAL — A broken scoreboard in Toronto caused the Red Sox and Blue Jays to lose track of the outs in the seventh inning. Umpires called for a rules check on a "time play", then allowed the runner on third to …
https://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2026/08/toronto-blue-jays…

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Claim 20: “His final act was getting Jo Adell to ground into a force-out with the bases loaded”

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The claim is mentioned in the Nypost cross-reference as the final act of the inning, but there are no other independent sources to corroborate it.

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Claim 21: “Yan celebrated again, after striking out Chase DeLauter”

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The claim is confirmed by a single cross-reference from Nypost, but no other independent sources corroborate this specific event.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — After allowing two singles and a walk, the left-hander later struck out Chase DeLauter and got Jo Adell to ground into a force out to finish a scoreless sixth inning.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/05/sports/jefry-yan-deploys-elect…

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Claim 22: “The Mets loaded the bases in the ninth with two outs before Ewing’s grounder was misplayed by Brayan Rocchio, allowing the tying run to score”

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Claim 23: “Yan, who peaked at 101 mph”

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The provided search results for 'Yan' and '101 mph' are irrelevant, discussing multimeters, The Miz, and Shohei Ohtani, but not Jefry Yan.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Colorado Rockies season was their 33rd in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 31st season at Coors Field, and their ninth and final under manager Bud Black, who was fired on May 11, after a 7–…
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Claim 24: “Benge homered in the sixth to give the Mets a 4-3 lead”

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Claim 25: “closer Devin Williams was also unavailable due to what interim manager Andy Green termed arm fatigue”

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Multiple sources confirm Devin Williams was unavailable due to arm fatigue, and specifically cite interim manager Andy Green as the source of this information.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Devin Terran Williams (born September 21, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Milwaukee Bre…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Devin Jamar Williams (born May 31, 1994) is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Mets de Guaynabo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college ba…
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Claim 26: “Back-to-back homers from Baty and Polanco in the third inning gave the Mets a 2-0 lead”

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Claim 27: “A.J. Ewing got fooled on a drive to center in the fourth that became a double for Nathaniel Lowe”

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