Month: May 2018

Mets Draft Update: College Hitter Seems More and More Likely

Mocks are coming out at a faster given how quickly the draft is approaching us. Without further ado, lets dive right into them. Here is last week’s write up (focused on Jonathan India) and the one a week before that (focused on Joey Bart and Matthew Liberatore). Teddy Klein also does write ups over on Mets Minors. Kiley McDaniel and Eric Logenhagen of Fangraphs released their latest mock...

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3 Up, 3 Down: Mets Split With Blue Jays

3 UP 1. Metsoraco When the Mets set out to trade Matt Harvey, their obvious goal was to upgrade the catcher position.  However, given Harvey’s performance over the past few seasons, the Mets were likely going to need to take back a similar player to Harvey in that they were going to need to take back someone else’s problem or fallen star.  To that extent, former first round draft...

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Mets Decline to Play it Safe With Cespedes, Again

One of the most important offensive players this season for the New York Mets has been Yoenis Cespedes despite his slower start to the season. Unfortunately, Cespedes is dealing with a mild hip strain and was placed on the disabled list on Wednesday before the Mets got pounded by the Toronto Blue Jays, 12-1. Cespedes, 32, is hitting .255/.315/.474 with six doubles, team-high eight homers and 28...

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Mets Minors Recap: McNeil Homers For Second Straight Day

Erie (15-23) 10, Binghamton (19-18) 3 Box Score RHP Andrew Church (1-5, 6.44 ERA): 4 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, BB, 8K RHP Adonis Uceta (0-0, 3.57 ERA): 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R (1 ER), BB, 4 K RHP David Roseboom (0-0, 5.40 ERA): 2 IP, H, BB, 2 K RHP Austin McGeorge (1-1, 4.34 ERA): IP, 2 H, ER, BB, K Church had an unusual outing on the mound for the Rumble Ponies, striking out eight SeaWolves over four innings, but...

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Morning Briefing: When It Rains, It Pours

Today, the Mets will receive another day off, which will be their second this week. Tomorrow, they’ll start a series against the Diamondbacks, who have surprisingly been one of the baseball’s best teams this year. The opener of the series will feature a Jacob deGrom (3-0, 1.83 ERA) vs a Zack Godley (4-2, 4.08 ERA) matchup. The Blue Jays finally broke their winless streak at Citi...

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