On Tuesday night, the Yankees brought on Aroldis Chapman to close out a Yankees three-run lead. After Wilmer Flores struck out to begin the inning, Dominic Smith strode up to the plate in what would be the rookie’s biggest test in his brief major league career. Seeing how he hit an opposite field homer earlier in the game, and Rafael Devers hit a huge home run against Chapman in...
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FanGraphs updated their Top 100 Prospect list today with four New York Mets included with Amed Rosario rated the best at No. 2. Following Rosario is first baseman Dominic Smith at No. 53, shortstop Andres Gimenez at No. 75 and left-handed pitcher David Peterson at No. 81. Earlier this week FanGraphs also released their updated Mets Top 10 which looked like this: Amed Rosario (SS, Majors) Dominic...
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New York Mets pitcher Robert Gsellman returned to the starting rotation on Wednesday night with a solid effort in the 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees. Gsellman, coming back from a hamstring injury, went 5.1 innings allowing only two earned runs on four hits, three walks and two strikeouts. One of the earned runs was allowed by Paul Sewald when he came into the sixth inning with the bases...
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Both Wilmer Flores and Jose Reyes were late scratches to the New York Mets lineup on Wednesday against the New York Yankees which forced Travis d’Arnaud into making his major league debut at third base. Before the game, d’Arnaud was given David Wright’s glove to help him prepare for third base duty. Not only did he play his first professional game at third, but he also swapped...
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When looking at the Mets’ struggles this season, there is one explanation that immediately comes to everyone’s mind – Injuries. But injuries do not tell the whole story. There are deeper issues afflicting the team, and many of them are the result of General Manager Sandy Alderson. First, let’s look at what I think is the most underrated problem. There are many highly touted prospects Alderson...
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