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Mets Not Interested In Wieters, Hopeful With d’Arnaud

The New York Mets are going to pass on free agent catcher Matt Wieters, a source told John Harper of the New York Daily News. The Mets source told Harper, “We’re not spending our money on a catcher”. Earlier this offseason, the Mets hired former long time Arizona Diamondbacks coach Glenn Sherlock to become their third base and catching coach. The Mets are hopeful that the well...

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Could Past Workload Become An Issue For Reed and Familia?

The New York Mets bullpen in the eighth and ninth innings have been on lockdown the last couple of seasons with Addison Reed and Jeurys Familia. They of course though have been used quite a lot during their time in New York, could this become an issue in 2017? Reed, 28, is coming off the best year of his career in as he pitched to a 1.97 ERA while making 80 appearances. In the 77.2 innings he...

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Good Fundies Episode 30: The Mets Top 10 of 2016

Brian and Roger asked what the most important, impactful, and defining stories and moments of 2016 were for the New York Mets. Using those suggestions with the hashtag #Mets2016Top10, the two put together their own lists and combined them to create an ultimate countdown on the podcast. Did Mike Piazza’s Hall of Fame induction make it to the top? What about Yoenis Cespedes agreeing to play...

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2017 Top 30 Mets Prospects: No. 1 Amed Rosario, SS

This offseason we went a different way with our New York Mets Top Prospect list. We are starting with our #1 and ending with our #30 prospect here on MMO and #100 on MetsMinors.net. Overall in 2016, the Mets system had a great year when it comes to developing young talent, drafted players you will see in the Top 30, and a few guys that had breakout seasons placing them in our countdown. So we...

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Don’t Count The Mets Out On Matt Wieters

According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, the New York Mets and the Arizona Diamondbacks could still be possible landing spots for free agent catcher Matt Wieters and he says neither team should be counted out. The market for Wieters has been relatively quiet given the fact that he entered the offseason as arguably the best healthy free agent catcher. It will be interesting to see if the...

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