Ed Charles, the veteran third baseman with the heart of a winner and the soul of a poet was a leader on and off the field and a genuinely nice guy who was an integral part of the 1969 Miracle Mets. His championship ring was the culmination of an 18-year professional career and his name is sometimes forgotten because he didn’t make any highlight reel plays in the World Series. But those of us who...
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Last September, the New York Mets got relief prospect Jacob Rhame from the Los Angeles Dodgers in return for veteran Curtis Granderson. The hard-throwing Rhame was lights out in his small sample size with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s last season, allowing only one run on two hits and striking out 11 of the 20 batters he faced. Rhame was a September call-up for the Mets, but the results were not...
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The New York Mets lost to the Miami Marlins at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie on Thursday afternoon by a 7-6 score despite plating five runs in the ninth inning. The Mets fall to 5-15-2 in Grapefruit League play this year. Matt Harvey came into the day with a 5.59 ERA on ten hits, six earned runs, five strikeouts, and three walks this spring in 9.2 innings. Harvey figures to have a rotation...
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The New York Mets felt they needed first base insurance for the young Dominic Smith this offseason and their answer was signing veteran Adrian Gonzalez to contract for the major league minimum. The soon-to-be 36-year-old Gonzalez has struggled at the plate this spring slashing just .212/.278/.242 in 33 at-bats with only one extra base hit. In that span he has walked three times and struck out...
Read MoreNew York Mets manager Mickey Callaway touched on a variety of different topics with Tim Britton of The Athletic including the back-end of the rotation and how many pitchers they will carry in the bullpen. What we do know is that Noah Syndergaard is starting on Opening Day against the St. Louis Cardinals and Jacob deGrom will follow him for game two. The next two spots are expected to be Matt...
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