The Mets today landed four prospects on the Florida State League All-Star rosters. Jeff McNeil and Akeel Morris will play in the game representing the St. Lucie Mets while Michael Conforto and Robert Gsellman, recently promoted to Binghamton, were chosen but will not participate. McNeil, 23, was chosen by the Mets in the 13th round of the 2013 draft, and has consistently hit for a high batting...
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According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Mets, Nationals, Yankees and Cubs are among just some of the teams who have recently contacted the Oakland A’s about acquiring the very versatile Ben Zobrist. With demand for Zobrist increasing day by day, Billy Beane has the luxury of letting this play out as long as he can while increasing the competition and bidding for his valued asset. If the...
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Last night, Jeurys Familia showed why he’s the closer of the future for the Mets. He entered the game with one out in the eighth and finished off a five-out save. It marked Familia’s third straight outing of more than one inning and his fourth this season. Familia’s numbers this season are absolutely incredible. The 25 year-old has a 1.35 ERA in 26.2 innings over 25 games,...
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The Mets recently took a team picture with everyone wearing orange in support of the “Everytown for Gun Safety” organization, which was founded by Michael Bloomberg and Piers Morgan last year. Dillon Gee then fired back on Twitter after reading a news story about the team’s support for gun control: http://t.co/2B6lhSjyGz this is not why i put on that shirt this day. I in no way...
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The first big trade of the summer went down this evening, as Mark Trumbo becomes the first big-name player to go off the board. Trumbo, in his second season with the Diamondbacks, will be headed to the Seattle Mariners in a six-player trade. Trumbo, 29, is batting .259/.299/.506 with nine home runs, 10 doubles, and three triples in 184 plate appearances over 46 games. Last season, he hit just...
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