Fangraphs posted their mock draft late on Friday. In the mock, they featured a ton of notes and information, highly recommend you check it out. They mocked Jarred Kelenic to the Mets at the sixth pick. This comes after Peter Gammons reported that one NL scouting director predicted Kelenic would go to the Mets. There have been some run downs on Kelenic that we have done already. Here is what I...
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The MLB draft is only three days away and a flurry of mock drafts have been coming out. The overall consensus seems to be the Mets will be taking a college bat. The last time the Mets took a college bat in the first round, it was Michael Conforto. The time before that, it was Ike Davis. So it is not as risk averse as you might be led to believe but picking the right one could give the Mets a...
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Last season, right-handed reliever Ryder Ryan was the punchline about jokes regarding his inclusion in the deal that sent Mets outfielder Jay Bruce to the Indians. Now, he is an All-Star in advanced Single-A and is moving quickly through the ranks. The All-Star game is nothing new to Ryder Ryan. He was an All-Star last season while still pitching in the Indians organization. Ryan struggled in...
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This past off-season, the Mets were killed for passing up on trading Brandon Nimmo for Josh Harrison or Andrew McCutchen. Harrison got hurt early on and McCutchen has been very mediocre early in this season. The two have combined for a bWAR of 1.0 while Nimmo has posted a bWAR of 1.7 in limited playing time. So far in 2018, Nimmo has showed no signs of slowing down. Back in March, I wrote about...
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The Mets lost the first game of their series, 5-1, to the Cubs on Thursday night at Citi Field. Pitching Seth Lugo started for the Mets and pitched four scoreless innings. His fastball velocity was higher than it was as a starter in 2017 which was certainly a new development. He pitched around some trouble in the third and ended his outing with 60 pitches. He went four innings, gave up three...
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