Tag: Eric Campbell

Morning Briefing: It’s Homecoming Weekend for Pete Alonso

Good morning, Mets fans! Today the Mets will open a series against the Tampa Bay Rays. For Pete Alonso, this will be a special weekend as he returns home to Tampa. He will have the opportunity to play in his hometown this weekend in front of many friends and family as the Mets look to keep their bats and their win streak alive against the Rays.  Latest Mets News  Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay...

Morning Briefing: Long Live DeKing

Good morning, folks! deLatest Mets News Jacob deGrom is the NL Cy Young. He won in a pretty decisive manner, securing 29-of-30 first place votes. deGrom had a 1.70 ERA, 10.0 bWAR, 1.98 FIP, 217 ERA+, and 269 strikeouts over 217 innings. Yeah that is pretty good. Many Mets and both Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez, congratulated Jacob deGrom for winning the Cy Young. The entire Mets staff...

3 Up, 3 Down: Cubs Maul Mets In Sweep

3 UP 1.  Rosario Raking When he was called up to the majors, Amed Rosario was playing great defensively, and he was finding himself offensively. Well, if the past month is any judge, Rosario has found himself.  In the month of September, he’s hitting .429/.478/.476 with a double and a stolen base. It’s more than just the stats. Much like his mentor, Jose Reyes, Rosario has been able...

These Are Not The Same Old Mets

After a long offseason of inaction following the re-signing of outfielder Yoenis Cespedes to a four-year, $110 million dollar deal in November, the New York Mets sprung back into action last week, re-signing left-hander Jerry Blevins and right-hander Fernando Salas to one-year deals and even adding veteran southpaw Tom Gorzelanny on a minor-league contract. So in one fell swoop they completed...

Mets Set Franchise Record With 17 Run Shutout In Regular Season Finale At Citi

As Major League Baseball mourned the tragic loss of Marlin’s ace pitcher Jose Fernandez, the #16 jersey bearing his name hung on the back wall of every doleful dugout. And on this somber Sunday at Citi Field, the Mets muscled their way through their emotions in their final regular season home game with a payback 17-0 pummeling of the Philadelphia Phillies. Rookie Robert Gsellman got the 6th...

T.J. Rivera Named Player of the Month

And of course the Pacific Coast League has named Las Vegas 51s infielder T.J. Rivera Player of the Month for May. Because, why not? Rivera, 27,  batted .373 in May with five home runs and 31 RBI, and currently leads the Pacific Coast League with 48 RBI. He is batting a team leading .358 with a .398 on-base and .912 OPS for the season, and is a career .322 hitter in six minor league seasons....

Eric Campbell to Join Mets for Doubleheader

Soup’s up! Just when we thought that Eric Campbell had left for good, he’s back. The 29 year old utility man will join the Mets for their doubleheader against Pittsburgh tonight. However a stipulation in the current Collective Bargaining Agreement only makes him eligible for the second game of the doubleheader as the team’s 26th man. In his first go around with the big league...

Should Mets Bring Back Ruben Tejada For Bench Role

In what was presumably a cost-cutting measure, the New York Mets released Ruben Tejada during Spring Training. As a result, the Mets started the season with Eric Campbell on the Opening Day roster and suspect organizational depth behind him. When Lucas Duda went down with a stress fracture in his lower back, the team’s depth issues were exposed. Campbell has started in 14 of the last 18...

Jonathan Lucroy Should Be A Priority

With the unfortunate developments on first baseman Lucas Duda not looking rosy for the New York Mets for the next several weeks, the talk has been on whom among the in-house options could fill in during his absence. The usual suspects have been mentioned, Eric Campbell, Wilmer Flores upon his return from his own DL stint later this week, recent call-up Ty Kelly, and the potential for even...

The Mets Bench Has Been Underwhelming Thus Far

It’s only a little over a month into the season, but as the Mets head into the one-quarter pole of 2016, it hasn’t all been peaches and cream for our hometown team. Matt Harvey has been a shell of the pitcher who returned in such indomitable style a season ago – this when all of us were expecting even more dominance in his second year removed from Tommy John surgery. It’s...

Eric Campbell Making Most Of Opportunity To Win Roster Spot

As you know, the New York Mets released infielder Ruben Tejada last week, and with his departure it opened up an important bench spot that will go to either Matt Reynolds or Eric Campbell. Campbell, who was part of the Mets bench on and off last season, has the best chance of getting that spot according to some reports, but middle infield prospect Matt Reynolds could also mount a significant...

Who Gets Final Bench Spot: Eric Campbell Or Matt Reynolds

With the recent news that shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera looks to be ready for opening day in Kansas City, the Mets will have to decide on who they’re bringing north with them, and who’s heading back to Vegas to start the year. That final roster spot seems to be narrowed down to Matt Reynolds and Eric Campbell, both names Mets fans are familiar with over the past few years. Although I believe that...

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