Month: January 2017

2017 Top Mets 30 Prospects: No. 11 Wuilmer Becerra, OF

#11 OF Wuilmer Becerra Ht: 6’3”  Wt: 225  Level: High-A St. Lucie Mets B/T: R/R Age: 10/01/1994 (22) Age Dif: -1.7 Acquired: Part of seven player trade from the Toronto Blue Jays Last Year: #6 2016 Statistics: 65 G, 247 AB, 27 R, 77 H, 17 2B, HR, 34 RBI, 9 BB/52 K, 7 SB, .319/.341/.393 Wuilmer Becerra has often mentioned as the afterthought, a throw-in flyer prospect in the R.A. Dickey trade...

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This Year’s Nationals Look A Lot Like The 2008 Mets

The Mets were perhaps the most star-studded team in baseball in 2008. They had the game’s best pitcher, Johan Santana, along with solid secondary rotation options in former 15-game winner John Maine and an inconsistent, yet dazzling Oliver Perez. They had a lineup that featured All-Stars Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado and David Wright. They were destined to finally make a deep...

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Have the Mets Done Enough This Offseason?

This has been such a quiet offseason for the New York Mets with such little action going on. Nicolas Stellini of FanGraphs argues that Sandy Alderson and company have not done to help solidify this team. In late November the Mets brought back Yoenis Cespedes, which of course was everyone’s top priority this offseason. This though has been the only major deal completed by Alderson for the...

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The Mets’ First African-American All-Star: Cleon Jones

Today, when America stops to remember its greatest civil rights leader, we thought it is appropriate to remember Cleon Jones, the team’s first African American All-Star. Cleon Jones signed with the New York Mets at the age of 20 in 1963, before baseball had initiated the annual amateur draft.  After batting over .300 for both the Carolina League Raleigh Mets and New York–Penn League Auburn...

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Josh Edgin’s One-Year Deal Worth $675K

According to Jon Heyman on Twitter, the deal Josh Edgin signed to avoid arbitration is worth $675,000. Original Post – Jan 13 The Mets have avoided arbitration with reliever Josh Edgin, agreeing to a one-year contract. The salary is not yet known. MLB Trade Rumors projected in November that he’d make $800,000. Edgin, 30, had Tommy John Surgery after the 2014 season, missing all of...

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