For a third straight year, Eric Orze gets an invite to spring training. Orze was one of six players the Mets selected in the 2020 draft. Their first pick, Pete Crow-Armstrong, was traded for Javier Baez. J.T. Ginn was traded for Chris Bassitt. Isaiah Greene was part of the package for Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco. Matthew Dyer was traded for Rich Hill. Anthony Walters was released. This...
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Death. Taxes. The Mets need left-handed pitching. Three guarantees in life. Over the last several seasons, the Mets consistently find themselves with limited left-handed options. On the 40-man roster right now, the Mets have four bullpen options that are lefties: Jake Diekman, Joey Lucchesi, Brooks Raley, and Josh Walker. First, this underscores how important the Jake Diekman signing is for the...
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The Mets have invited 11 pitchers to spring training on non-roster deals. Pitchers invited run the gambit from top prospects in the system to veterans looking to break camp with a new team. Last season, the Mets invited ten pitchers to camp, and eight of them ended up spending time with the big league club. Kyle Crick is in the veteran bucket of NRI pitchers. He made his major league debut in...
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Sunday, October 1, 2023 • 3:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY LHP Matt Strahm (9-5, 3.32) vs. RHP José Butto (1-3, 3.75) SNY For the last time in 2023 we get to see the New York Mets play baseball. It wasn’t the season that anyone expected it to be way back last winter. There were spirals, devastating injuries, sticky stuff incident, players who regressed, and spurts of tremendous rain. There were...
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Saturday, September 30, 2023 • 4:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Taijuan Walker (15-5, 4.35) RHP Tylor Megill (3-6, 3.39) SNY The Mets head into the last series of the season with quite a bit of uncertainty. Thursday’s game was suspended in the bottom of the ninth with the Mets down one run. If the game is needed, and there’s a high chance it will be, the Mets and Marlins will finish...
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