Tag: Wilfredo Tovar

Mets Call Up Wilfredo Tovar To Replace Kevin Pillar

What year is it again? According to Jacob Resnick of SNY, the New York Mets have called up utility man Wilfredo Tovar from Triple-A Syracuse to replace outfielder Kevin Pillar, who landed on the injured list after getting hit in the face with a pitch on Monday night. The team also designated catcher Deivy Grullón for assignment to make room on the 40-Man roster for Tovar. The Mets’ I.L....

Zamora, Mazeika Among Several Players Optioned or Reassigned

The Mets made a slew of roster moves following their 8-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday. Left-handed pitcher Daniel Zamora, right-handed pitcher Yennsy Diaz and catcher Patrick Mazeika were all optioned to Triple-A Syracuse, while outfielder Johneshwy Fargas, infielders Jake Hager and Wilfredo Tovar and catcher David Rodriguez were all reassigned, according to the team on...

Morning Briefing: Brad Brach Returns To Mets

Good morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News The Mets re-signed Brad Brach to a one-year deal contract with a player option for 2021. Consequently, to make room on the 40-man roster, the Mets designated Chris Flexen for assignment. Former Mets Wilfredo Tovar has just signed with the Minnesota Twins according to MMO’s own, Jacob Resnick. Latest MLB News The Padres acquired Tommy Pham and Jake...

Morning Briefing: Dominic Smith Arrives!

Tonight, the New York Mets will take on the Philadelphia Phillies at 7:05 p.m. Seth Lugo (5-3, 4.55) will take the mound against Nick Pivetta (4-7, 5.89). Last night, the Mets offense woke up and struck early and often. Wilmer Flores hit a three run home run and third baseman, Neil Walker homered too and had four hits in the rout. Michael Conforto did what Michael Conforto tends to do by drawing...

Winter League Update: Cabrera Continues to Play Second

New York Mets infielder Asdrubal Cabrera has now played ten games in the Venezuelan Winter League for the Leones del Caracas and eight of them have come at second base. He’s played only one game at shortstop with former Met Wilfredo Tovar seeing the bulk of the action at the position. Earlier this month, Cabrera did tell Team Venezuelan World Baseball Classic manager Omar Vizquel that he...

Mets Part Ways With Wilfredo Tovar and Anthony Recker

Middle infielder Wilfredo Tovar and catcher Anthony Recker cleared waivers and were both outrighted by the New York Mets on Thursday. The move cleared two spots on the 40-man roster. Tovar was hitting .283 in 102 games for Triple-A Las Vegas but he had a concussion early in the season. It’s not clear if he will be ready to play next season but this move will take him off the New York Mets...

Mets Option RHP Logan Verrett To Las Vegas

Earlier today the Mets transferred infielder Wilfredo Tovar  to the 60 day disabled list to make room for newly acquired reliever Addison Reed on the 40 man roster. After Sunday’s 5-4 victory against the Boston Red Sox, the Mets optioned RHP Logan Verrett to Triple-A Las Vegas to make room for Reed on the 25 man active roster. In ten appearances for the Mets this season, including a...

Wilfredo Tovar: The Mets Answer at Shortstop?

Coming into this season, there was much doubt surrounding whether a Wilmer Flores and Daniel Murphy shortstop and second base combination could holdup over a full season. And while the Mets eleven game winning streak gave the clumsy duo a bit more leeway, two big losses against the Marlins earlier this week exacerbated the Mets middle infield conundrum. The Front Office took action last night,...

Dillon Gee Throws Four Scoreless In B Game

In a game that won’t count in the standings, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports that Dillon Gee tossed four scoreless innings and Wilfredo Tovar and Cory Vaughn contributed two-run doubles against Kevin Slowey as the Mets beat the Marlins, 8-0, this morning in a “B” game at the Mets’ complex. Rubin adds that Gee was thrilled with his performance after allowing only two...

Notes From Thursday’s Mets Intrasquad Game

David Wright refused to say which Mets team he was rooting for today. The Mets played a 7 1/2 inning intrasquad game this morning and there were some items worth noting. Dillon Gee, Jenrry Mejia, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz, Jose Valverde, Carlos Torres, Jeurys Familia and Joel Carreño all logged at least an inning.  The lineups were as follows: Home Matt den Dekker, cf Kirk...

Mets Spring Training Battles: The Infield

Now that the Mets’ arbitration slate has been wiped clean and all seven players have agreed to deals that they will undoubtedly repay tenfold in Wins Above Replacement (one can always hope), the only thing left to do is wait for those pitchers and catchers to report already. Hurry up, guys… I know the offseason is still not over, but it certainly feels that way doesn’t it? I...

Mets Announce They Have Re-signed Omar Quintanilla

The Mets officially announced they have re-signed shortstop Omar Quintanilla to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training. The club had non-tendered Quintanilla earlier this offseason. Quintanilla played the majority of games at shortstop after claiming the job from Ruben Tejada once he was injured, and then ended up staying the starting shortstop for the Mets after Tejada was...

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