Month: August 2011

New Mets Uniforms On Tap For 2012 and 2013!

I was very excited to read this post by Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, who writes that some changes are coming to the Mets uniforms for the 2012 season. Adam spoke with Mets VP Dave Howard, who told him that it was too late for the Mets to incorporate the Blue “Los Mets” jerseys in time for the 2012 season, but that we will see them in 2013. In a poll we took earlier this month on MMO,...

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Prospect Pulse: Juan Lagares Is Back On The Map

This player, a 22 year old RH hitting outfielder, once thought of with unlimited potential by the Mets, a player who they thought would be the next Jose Reyes, eventually was forgotten by the team that signed him as a 17 year old SS out of the Dominican Republic, as an IFA in May of 2006. After spending the last six seasons in the Mets farm system, and going from top prospect to a nobody, Juan...

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Those Blue Jerseys Are Not So New After All – See Them Without The “Los”

I was very excited when of our readers, Joe (metsr1) sent in some pictures of his Blue Mets Jersey that he purchased 4-5 years ago. Check out these awesome pics… Kind of familiar looking, huh?  It’s an exact replica of last week’s Los Mets jerseys! Without the Los!  Notice the similar orange piping… Notice the orange upward slanted script with white stroke… Notice...

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The Mets 40-Man Roster And Some Potential September Call-ups

With September 1st only two weeks away, Adam Rubin speculated on which Mets minor leaguers could get called up when rosters expand to 40 players. Here’s what he had to say about a few of them: CHRIS SCHWINDEN, rhp (7-6, 3.53 ERA in 23 appearances, 21 starts, with Buffalo and Binghamton): The Dillon Gee-type feel-good story of the current crop of prospects, Schwinden came out of nowhere. A...

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Pagan, Bay, Carrasco and Harris Clear Waivers

A source told ESPNNewYork.com that Jason Bay, Chris Capuano, D.J. Carrasco, Willie Harris and Angel Pagan have each cleared waivers, . What this means is that they are all eligible to be traded to any of the other 29 teams this month. Of course the fact that they cleared waivers also means that no teams found it worth their while to place a claim on any of them. That said, I could see Harris or...

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