The Seattle Mariners are close to a deal with free agent catcher John Buck according to Jon Morosi of FOX Sports. With highly regarded Mike Zunino as the primary catcher, Buck will likely be his back-up, Buck, 33, batted a combined .219 with 15 homers and 62 RBI between the Mets and the Pirates last season. He had a .285 OBP and .362 slugging percentage. There had been some interest in bringing...
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John Sickels of Minor League Ball just released his Mets Top 20 Prospects for 2014. As expected, Syndergaard has the top spot and was the only player to get a grade of A-. Here are his Top 20 with comments for the first five players. You can check out the full article and commentary for all players by clicking here. Noah Syndergaard, RHP, Grade A-: Borderline A. I love Syndergaard and I think...
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David Wright believes that the Mets will be substantially better in 2014 than they were last season when they finished in third place with a 74-88 record. Wright says he loves the moves that Sandy Alderson has made so far and suspects he still isn’t finished filling his offseason shopping list. “I’m sure Sandy is still trying to make the team better. In what capacity I’m...
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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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An MMO Fan Shot by Steven Pacchiano Call me old fashioned, call me a dinosaur, I’m 39 years old BUT I still have 20/20 vision. I understand the concept of WAR and all the stats that go into it, but I really prefer to look at the classic numbers and watch the player play in order to decide if one player is better than another. WAR supposedly is a stat that determines the value of a player’s...
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