Month: February 2016

Granderson Urges Team To Stay Hungry

A year ago, the Mets showed up to Spring Training bursting with enthusiasm and swagger, with many of the players going on record saying they were going to be in the postseason and playing October baseball. It was David Wright, Terry Collins and Matt Harvey who first started talking about playing in the postseason as far back as December of 2014 and fresh off the Michael Cuddyer signing.  All...

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Sandy Alderson Spoke With Reporters At Tradition Field

General manager Sandy Alderson arrived to Mets camp at Port St. Lucie today and held a short media session with reporters. Here is a summary of what he had to say: 1.  Sandy is happy with team he has put together. “I haven’t really been this upbeat about a team in a long time and I think that’s exciting for us, for the players and fans as well. We may not have a lot of competition for...

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Mets Spring Notes: Conforto and Walker Arrive To Camp, Collins Press Conference Tomorrow

Second baseman Neil Walker arrived to camp at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie and told reporters that it still hasn’t sunk in that he’s with the Mets. Come on, Neil, it’s been two months. He is happy that Terry Collins views him as a number five hitter and says he’s the most comfortable hitting there “That’s a place I really enjoy hitting,’’ the switch-hitting Walker...

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Remembering Gary Carter…

Remembering Gary Carter on the four year anniversary of his death. He was a great baseball player, a tremendous family man, and the best friend anyone could ever have. Most of all, he will always be remembered as The Kid to all who knew him because of his passion and enthusiasm for life and for baseball. We miss you, Gary… Keith Hernandez flied out to center for the second out of the...

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ESPN’s Top 10 Mets Prospects

Keith Law of ESPN.com rolled out his Top 10 Mets Prospects on Tuesday, a few days after ranking the Mets farm system 16th in the major leagues. Here they are with the number in parenthesis denoting the Top 100 MLB ranking. 1. Dominic Smith, 1B (29) 2. Steven Matz, LHP (37) 3. Amed Rosario, SS (42) 4. Gavin Cecchini, SS (89) 5. Wuilmer Becerra, OF 6. Brandon Nimmo, OF 7. Desmond Lindsay, OF 8....

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