Month: July 2011

Mets Could Be Close to Signing Brandon Nimmo

Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported the following via Twitter regarding Mets 2011 first-rounder Brandon Nimmo. [blackbirdpie id=”95621441768267776″] If this is true, thats great news!  Nimmo was reportedly looking for a contract around $2.5 million dollars.

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Daniel Murphy, Doubles Machine

Most of the news surrounding the Mets these days start with “Carlos Beltran this” or “Carlos Beltran that”.  In fact, there have been so many posts all over the blogosphere about the Mets’ soon-to-be-traded rightfielder (such as this one and this other one.  Both were decent pieces, but the latter post was a little too wordy for my tastes) that it almost seems like...

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Starting Line-up, Game Preview: Mets @ Reds

LHP Jonathon Niese (9-8, 3.76) vs. RHP Johnny Cueto (6-3, 1.98) Starting Line-up Jose Reyes – SS Justin Turner – 2B Carlos Beltran – RF David Wright – 3B Daniel Murphy – 1B Jason Bay – LF Ronny Paulino – C Jason Pridie – CF Jonathon Niese – LHP Game Preview The Mets and Reds play game two tonight. Last night, the Mets took the opener by the score of 4-2. Tonight, Jon Niese will get the start of...

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Mets Get Back To .500 With A 4-2 Win Over Reds

Game Summary RA Dickey had a great start going into the seventh with only two runs given up. Bullpen was stable and Izzy inches closer to 300 saves. Offense got plenty of hits and enough runs thanks to Murphy and company. Mets win 4-2 after a jam filled ninth. Mets are back at .500. Game Notes RA Dickey was asked about by other teams earlier this season, but the Mets said he’s off the...

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Mets Still Want The Moon For Beltran

Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com, says he has seen no sign the Mets are dropping their asking price for Carlos Beltran. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/jcrasnick/status/95593813665517568″] I thought they would get real and try to get something done before more teams become disinterested. But, so much for that theory… Original Post 7/25 12:30 PM Last week in a post I wrote...

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