Month: July 2018

MMO Home Run Derby Thread, 8 PM (ET)

The MLB All Star festivities are upon us! The Home Run Derby is tonight on ESPN at 8 p.m. (ET) from Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. and it should prove to be quite the show. The seeds are determined by 2017 home run totals. Here are our participants: Jesus Aguilar, Milwaukee Brewers Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals Max Muncy, Los Angeles Dodgers Alex Bregman, Houston Astros Kyle Schwarber,...

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Mets First Half Report Cards: Outfielders

The first half of the seasons has been rather disappointing for the New York Mets. They are not nearly getting the production they hoped for out of their big bats. With that being said, here are our 2018 First Half Reports Cards for the New York Mets outfielders. Jay Bruce – Much like most of the other moves they made this offseason, resigning Bruce has not worked out for Sandy Alderson...

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Mets Minors Peak Performers: McNeil Rakes and Water Is Wet

In what is a new and hopefully long running feature for MMO, we are going to look at the top minor league performances at each level for over the past week. In doing so, we hope to provide insight as to which minor leaguers are improving and making strong cases for promotion. Ideally, we hope to shed light on some of the minor leaguers who are doing great things to bring them to the forefront....

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MMO Exclusive: Second-Round Pick, Simeon Woods-Richardson

Simeon Woods-Richardson was not expecting a phone call when he was with his family and friends at a local Buffalo Wild Wings on the first night of the 2018 MLB Amateur Player Draft. The 17-year-old, two-way player out of Sugar Land, Texas, was anticipating being selected in the second day of the Draft when he expected teams such as the Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians and St. Louis...

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Struggling Blevins and Swarzak Conclude First Half with Nightmare Outings

It was yet another nasty outing from the Mets bullpen on Sunday, who surrendered five runs in the seventh to give Washington a 6-1 lead they wouldn’t relinquish en route to victory. Headlining the disaster was right-hander Anthony Swarzak and left-hander Jerry Blevins. Swarzak came on to start the frame and walked the first two batters to greet him. He was then removed for Tim Peterson,...

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