Amidst a flurry of transactions aimed at retooling and restocking the bullpen across the upper levels of the organization this offseason, David Stearns and the New York Mets brought in sinkerballer Chad Smith on a minor league deal in December. Now, the 28-year-old righty will aim to set himself apart from the pack during spring training in hopes of carving out a role for himself heading into...
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Yacksel Ríos broke into the majors at 24 years old with the Phillies. Since 2017, he has spent time in the majors with the Phillies, Pirates, Mariners, Red Sox, and Oakland. Over his career, he’s been good in the minors but struggled in the majors. As we know, the Mets went into this season needing a lot of pitching depth from the majors all the way through the minors, so the Mets signed him in...
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The narrative about the Mets over the last couple of seasons, by people who don’t follow the Mets, is that the farm system lacks pitching prospects in the upper levels. The Mets actually have several arms at the upper levels of the minors that could be breaking through as soon as this year. This crew includes Dominic Hamel, Mike Vasil, Blade Tidwell and the focus of today’s article, Christian...
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David Stearns has remade the New York Mets’ roster since joining at the start of the offseason, especially the bullpen. The Mets’ bullpen was a disaster last season and had a lot of players who had similar arms. Stearns remade the pen by signing a diversity of throwing styles and a high number of players on a combination of major-league and minor-league deals. Cam Robinson falls into the latter...
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Three of the more exciting pitching prospects in the Mets system have already been invited to camp this spring as non-roster participants: Christian Scott, Mike Vasil and Dominic Hamel. Dominic Hamel made noise in his senior year of college after he set a Dallas Baptist record with 136 strikeouts. The Mets drafted him in the third round back in 2021. His Mets career took off in 2022 when he...
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