With Pitchers and Catchers only four weeks away, there remains some work still to be done before the Mets can close the books on this offseason. Sandy Alderson has said repeatedly that he is looking for at least one late-inning reliever that he can sign to a major league contract. MMO asked Alderson if he had the same mentality for the bullpen as he does for the final rotation spot as far as...
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How are you feeling about the Mets these days, are you excited about the moves we’ve made so far? Are you looking forward to the start of Spring Training and are you pumped for the new season? I asked our staff what their enthusiasm was like as we get closer and closer to pitchers and catchers reporting in four weeks. Here’s what some of them had to say: Peter K. – I have been...
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Matt Harvey took to Twitter this morning and did some sparring with a Yankee fan who trolled him and got him to bite. https://twitter.com/NickDeBabylon/statuses/422694602684911616 While he was better off avoiding this nut job entirely, Harvey did manage to get off one good jab at the punk… @NickDeBabylon I am quite happy and will enjoy rehab, life and getting back to beating the Yankees....
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Mike Petriello of ESPN (Insider Subscription) writes that the Mets had one of the best under-the-radar offseasons by signing Curtis Granderson and Chris Young to upgrade their outfield defense. For most of the first third of 2013, he writes, the corner outfielders in New York were Lucas Duda in left and Marlon Byrd in right, flanking a rotating combination of Rick Ankiel, Collin Cowgill, Jordany...
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I was on the phone the other day with a friend who is a die-hard Met fan like the rest of us. We got around to talking about the addition of Chris Young and we argued about the signing which he absolutely loved, but me not so much. He brings up all the what-if scenarios going 2-3 years back to bring up Young’s exploits which I can’t disagree with, the power is certainly there. But...
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