Once the Mets re-signed Yoenis Cespedes, it became obvious that an outfielder would be traded. The logical candidate was Jay Bruce. Although he had done little since the Mets acquired him at the 2016 trade deadline, Bruce was not yet 30 years old and has been a reliable middle of the order power hitter for nine seasons and a quality right fielder. All the Mets (and their fans) probably wanted in...
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The New York Mets 2016 season was chock full of big time performances from a variety of players. The season fell short of our expectations but it sure was a gritty, fun and roller coaster type season to witness. Lets take a look at some of the standout performances from this past season. Although in just his second season in the bigs, Noah Syndergaard has already found himself in numerous high...
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With the 2016 year coming to an end we will take a look at the top minor league players from the New York Mets system over the past season. We based our choices on how they did statistically and not prospect ranking. Starters Catcher: Tomas Nido (St. Lucie Mets) – The only full season catcher to hit at least .320 and throw out at least 40% of basestealers. The 22-year old was the FSL batting...
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The New York Mets’ 2016 season was full of highlights despite ending short of its goal in the wild card round. Let’s take a look at a few of the memorable moments from the playoff season. Bartolo Colon provided the biggest highlight of the season on May 7 when he slugged his first career home run. He did so in Petco Park against the San Diego Padres with James Shields on the mound...
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New York Mets infielder Asdrubal Cabrera has now played ten games in the Venezuelan Winter League for the Leones del Caracas and eight of them have come at second base. He’s played only one game at shortstop with former Met Wilfredo Tovar seeing the bulk of the action at the position. Earlier this month, Cabrera did tell Team Venezuelan World Baseball Classic manager Omar Vizquel that he...
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