Manager Reid Brignac will have a lot of talent to work with when the Rumble Ponies start their season on Friday at New Hampshire. Here is the 2025 preliminary roster, announced by the team, highlighted by some of the team’s top prospects: Jett Williams, Jonah Tong, Ryan Clifford, and Nolan McLean. The season starts Friday, April 4. CATCHERS Kevin Parada – The 2022 first round pick...
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The Triple-A Syracuse Mets were the only Mets affiliate to get their season underway on Friday. Double-A Binghamton, Single-A Brooklyn, and Low-A St. Lucie all begin play on April 4. Triple-A Syracuse Mets (1-o) 4, Worcester Red Sox (0-1) 3 Box Score Blade Tidwell was sharp for Syracuse on Opening Day in Worcester, hurling five innings of one-run ball against the Red Sox affiliate. He struck out...
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Juan Soto hit his first home run as a Met, Tylor Megill threw five innings of one-run ball and Francisco Lindor made a couple of plays at short while simultaneously fielding questions from the broadcast booth. In the end, New York beat the Houston Astros 3-1 Friday at Daikin Park for their first victory of the season. A day after striking out to end an Opening Day loss, Soto took Astros starter...
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The birthday boy is supposed to get gifts, not give them out. Clay Holmes, starting on his 32nd birthday, walked four, hit a batter and took the loss Thursday in the Mets’ 3-1 Opening Day defeat in front of 42,305 fans in Houston. He gave up three runs (two earned) on five hits over 4 2/3 innings. “I think the big thing were the walks,” Holmes told reporters after his Mets...
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Opening Day is upon us. Here’s a look at the crew that Carlos Mendoza will hope to guide back to the playoffs in his second year as manager. The season begins Thursday in Houston. (Last year’s stats are in parentheses.) CATCHERS Luis Torrens – He caught an impressive 13 of 28 runners attempting to steal last season, which would have led MLB if he had the attempts to qualify....
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