Shortstop/center fielder Jett Williams and starter Brandon Sproat each made the midseason update of Baseball Prospectus’ list of top 50 prospects released Wednesday. Williams, No. 37 on the list, is recovering from right wrist surgery and could to return to action in August. The 20-year-old played in 11 games for Double-A Binghamton before getting hurt. In 50 plate appearances, he hit...
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The New York Mets claimed veteran lefty Alex Young off waivers from the San Francisco Giants Wednesday and optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse. The team also announced that lefty Tyler Jay was designated for assignment. Young, 30, pitched two scoreless innings for the Cincinnati Reds this season before being traded to the Giants on July 8 for outfielder Austin Slater. He did not appear in a game...
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The first half was a ride. From an 0-5 start, to 11 games under .500, to a 49-46 finish. With a rally pimp, a glove toss, Grimace, OMG and a dog eating hot dogs in between. The Mets sit in the third Wild Card spot at the break, a game ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres with 67 games to go. Overall, the offense hit. New York was fifth in runs scored in the National League,...
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Listen up. The trio of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling earned the best score ever en route to their first ranking at the top of Awful Announcing’s favorite MLB broadcast teams. GKR finished top five each time the web site asked its readers this question (six times in the last 10 years), including a second-place finish last season. More than 13,000 AA readers voted. Some 68...
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His age-34 season will likely best be remembered for the song, the post-game concert, and the OMG sign raised in the dugout after each Mets home run, but Jose Iglesias is providing plenty of memories on the field, too. The latest example was his two-run single that put New York ahead for good Wednesday in a 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationals in front of 24,887 at Citi Field. He went...
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