Month: September 2016

Mets Have Been Helped By Unlikely Heroes

In the face of adversity, you can either succumb to it, or you can get stronger from it. With the string of injuries the Mets have dealt with on a consistent basis this year, low risk and low cost moves have proved to be critical in the Mets current standings in the wild card. Marc Carig of NewsDay highlighted in this article earlier this morning that the acquisitions of Jose Reyes, Kelly...

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Sweet 16: Mets On Verge Of Second Consecutive Postseason

144 down and 16 to go as the New York Mets put the finishing touches on another memorable and exciting regular season, and prepare themselves for what will be a second straight adrenaline-fueled postseason. What makes this year all the more amazing is that when the Mets finally put the pedal to the metal when the calendar turned to August, the names fueling this run weren’t what I...

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Mets Minors: Top 30 Prospects, #20-16

This list is made from the Top 50 that we do over at MetsMinors.net and Max Wotell was our #20 prospect before he was traded, so we’re moving Phillip Evans into our list at #50, and the rest move up. Technically, Gregory Guerrero becomes our #20 prospect but since we already wrote about him in the last article we decided to highlight Evans who won the Eastern League batting title. #50 Phillip...

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Murph’s 2016 vs. Mets Better Than Any of Chipper’s Years

Chipper Jones has been the gold standard for “Mets Killers” for almost 20 years. But now, Daniel Murphy is giving him a run for his money. “Murph” got a hit in all 19 games he played against the Mets this season, as he batted .413/.444/.773 with seven homers and 21 RBI for the Nats this season. These numbers put many of Chipper’s seasons against the Mets to shame....

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MLB Insiders Believe Cespedes Negotiations to Begin at 4 years, $100M

After another great year on the biggest stage of them all, Yoenis Cespedes finds himself in line for a huge payday if he opts out of his current deal with the New York Mets. Mike Puma of the New York Post polled various MLB insiders to get a feel of where they believe the market may be for Cespedes this coming offseason, if he were to opt-out. “He’s at or near the top of the scale as it sits,”...

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