The New York Mets really need Starling Marte to be healthy in 2024. When he’s been healthy, Marte has been a good player who becomes an integral part of the offense and a solid defender. The veteran outfielder played in his fifth game for the Leones del Escogido in the Dominican Winter League on Wednesday night. Marte was the designated hitter and batted second for the Leones del Escogido....
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With less than two weeks until International Free Agency for the 2024 class opens up, Ben Badler of Baseball America wrote about the top 50 players ranked by the size of their bonuses. Badler wrote about the top 50 bonuses, with the Mets expected to give out the fifth-highest to catcher Yovanny Rodriguez and the 43rd-highest to outfielder Edward Lantigua. These players can officially sign on...
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In a matchup between the 2nd-seeded 1969 World Champion Miracle Mets vs. the 15th-seeded 1997 NY Mets, it seemed on paper to be a mismatch. Early on, the 1997 Manager, MMO writer Jorge Eckert expressed concern with his rotation…grimacing at the matchups Game 1- Tom Seaver vs. Rick Reed Game 2- Gary Gentry vs. Bobby Jones Game 3- Jerry Koosman vs. Dave Mlicki Game 4- Nolan Ryan vs. Armando...
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Only a year after Major League Baseball made significant rule changes -pitch clock, base size, shift limitations- they decided to make more changes for the 2024 season. The MLB competition committee, despite the Players Association representatives voting no, approved the following changes: 18-second clock with runners on base (was 20) four mound visits (down from five) If a pitcher starts to...
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New York Mets vice president of alumni public relations Jay Horwitz announced that Original Met Ken MacKenzie passed away on Wednesday morning at his home in Guilford, Connecticut. The Canadian-born pitcher was 89 years old. MacKenzie was part of the expansion Mets in 1962 that only won 40 games, yet he somehow had a winning record at 5-4. The lefty pitched in a career-high 80 innings that...
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