The New York Mets selected right-handed pitcher Brandon Sproat with the 90th pick in the 2022 MLB Draft during round three on Monday afternoon. Sproat comes to the Mets out of the University of Florida. He is the fourth player out of Gainesville to be selected inn the draft. Sproat was ranked as the No. 117 prospect on MLB.com leading up to the draft ad No. 84 on the prospects live list. He was...
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Good morning, Mets fans! What a day New York had on Saturday. The Mets swept the Chicago Cubs in the teams’ split doubleheader. Each game went to extra innings and in each game the Mets showed a bit of the magic that has followed the team time and time again this season. New York will turn to David Peterson for the four-game series sweep heading in the All-Star break today. Latest Mets...
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Good morning, Mets fans! According to John Flanigan of Metsmerized Online, on “The Show” with Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman, Sandy Alderson commented that Francisco Álvarez is not an immediate option for the Mets at DH, saying, “In order for Alvarez to be considered, we’d have to see sustained performance over some period of time at Triple-A.” The Mets and Braves conclude their series this...
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It was a battle of NL East foes in Atlanta on Monday as the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets opened a huge three-game series against each other. It was the “mad Max Monday” in terms of pitching as the Mets’ right-handed ace Max Scherzer (5-1, 2.15 ERA) faced off against Braves left-handed pitcher Max Fried (9-2, 2.56 ERA). Scherzer was lights out for the most part as he pitched a brilliant seven...
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Taijuan Walker was brilliant and nearly unhittable in his 15th start of the 2022 season. The right-hander threw seven scoreless frames in which he gave up just three hits, walked one and struck out seven against the Marlins on Sunday afternoon. He threw 99 pitches (63 for strikes), but came up with a no-decision after the Marlins came back to defeat the Mets 2-0 in extra innings. After a few...
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