Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that Yoenis Cespedes will be starting at first base today on his rehab assignment with the GCL Mets. Cespedes will apparently have minor league rovers watch him play the position to report back to the front office in NY whether or not this experiment should continue at the MLB level. The idea of this came up when the Cespedes broached it to the team a...
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Catchers: Devin Mesoraco- Since being acquired from the Cincinnati Reds for Matt Harvey in early May, the Punxsutawney native has exceeded expectations thus far. Mesoraco has posted a 0.6 WAR since coming to New York. Though his numbers on the season (.225 BA, 8 HR, 22 RBI) do not jump off the page, the 30-year-old has provided the Mets with average offensive production and a solid arm behind...
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When I saw the Twitter explosion on Monday about Jacob deGrom I had to sit back and laugh because once again people just can’t see what is happening. Everyone involved in this situation handled it totally correctly and by that I mean deGrom, his agent and yes the Mets too. Please permit me to explain. The Mets are in control of the wheel here and as such, they would never trade him with...
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Jacob deGrom made his second All-Star Game appearance last night as a member of the New York Mets, but obviously, there was a dark cloud that had been hanging over the organization for the last 24 hours or so. The right-hander’s agent publicly came out and said that he would either like to be extended or traded over the offseason, as he wants to have a future with security. Before the...
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Salt Lake (50-46) 5, Las Vegas (45-51) 4 Box Score Jeff McNeil 3B: 1-4, BB, .385/.434/.642 Phillip Evans 2B: 2-5, RBI, .252/.321/.495 Luis Guillorme SS: 1-4, RBI, BB, K, .312/.393/.433 Peter Alonso DH: 0-4, 2 K, .174/.306/.413 McNeil got on base two more times, and has now gotten on base in 30 of his last 31 games. He’s simply been a hitting machine all season. Evans, with two more hits,...
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