One day after being moved down from cleanup spot to sixth in batting order, Jason Bay will be riding the pine for the second time in five games. He will be replaced in left field by Jason Pridie. With an 0-for-4 Saturday night, Bay’s average is down to .216 and he is hitless in his past 17 at-bats. Starting Lineup 1. Jose Reyes – SS 2. Justin Turner – 3B 3. Carlos Beltran – RF 4. Daniel...
Read MoreA local boy made good for the Mets when on this day in 1973 they used their first-round pick to select Brooklyn Lincoln High School outfielder Lee Mazzilli. Area kid, skilled and with movie star good looks, Mazzilli seemed destined to be a big New York star. Three years later he debuted with the Mets and played with them through the 1982 season after which he was traded to the Texas Rangers for...
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Bay has been just God awful to start the season, and there is no debating that. Bay has seemingly lost any trace of his once feared and revered power stroke. This loss of pop simply cannot be blamed on Citi Field, as with the way Bay is hitting, I don’t think he could muscle one out of “Kiddie Field”! With Bay hard pressed not only to make contact, but to lay off pitches in the...
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MMO Flashback: Originally Posted on March 29, 2011 Every Major League franchise has had their share of first round busts ever since 1965 when baseball adopted the First-Year Player Draft or the Amateur Draft or the June Draft or the Rule 4 Draft, choose your poison. The Mets have drafted 57 players in the first round, 24 of which were pitchers and 17 of those were of the right handed variety. If...
Read MoreA little introduction since this is my first Mets Farm Report for MMO. Each night I plan to bring a recap on the news and notes on the happenings for all of the Mets minor league affiliates, as well as bringing some other analysis on the state of the farm. I do a three stars of the game that is very similar to that of NHL games. Prospects receive three points for being awarded the No. 1 star,...
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