Yesterday, the Mets announced that they have accepted right-handed reliever Elvin Ramirez back from the Nationals, who selected him in the Rule 5 Draft last December. The 24-year-old missed all of last season after he was placed on the 60-day DL in March after undergoing right shoulder surgery. In 2010, Ramirez went 4-4 with a 4.16 ERA (80 innings) with 72 strikeouts in 52 games between Class A...
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The 2011 Sterling Award winner at Brooklyn, Muno got off to as fast a start to his professional baseball career as anyone possibly could. After being drafted in the 8th round out of Fresno State this year, Muno signed quickly and was assigned to the Cyclones to be their everyday shortstop. He was first in the New York Penn League in batting average in 2011, hitting a cool .355, while batting out...
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As the post season winds down and the Texas Rangers await the conclusion of the NLCS to see whom they will face in the World Series, lets take a look at some of the early Hot Stove season news. What you read here will not be exclusive to the Mets and will include most of the top hot stove news. Joey Votto – Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, says that GM Waly Jocketty of the...
Read MoreLast week, the New York Post really ruined my day (not really) when they reported that Wally Backman might be heading to the Washington Nationals to join Davey Johnson’s staff as his third-base coach. Guess what? Wally is staying!!!! Yes, it’s true and he even said so himself on the radio which you can check for yourself on MetsBlog if you don’t believe me, Bayonne. 😀 I find it...
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Before the hardware starts getting handed out, here’s my take on who earned the top honors for the 2011 regular season. National League MVP Ryan Braun, OF, Milwaukee Brewers Jose Reyes may have won the batting title, but Braun earns the National League’s top award after batting .332 with 33 home runs and 111 RBIs this season. He led the league with a .594 SLG and .994 OPS and did I...
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