Author: Former Writer

John Mayberry Jr Will Play Regularly vs Lefties

Mets manager Terry Collins mentioned that Mets reserve John  Mayberry Jr will start regularly vs left handed pitching due to his success vs southpaws. That will likely affect Lucas Duda and Curtis Granderson’s playing time. (Adam Rubin, ESPN) Mayberry signed with the Mets on Dec. 12 for $1.45 million. He made his first start on Friday vs Braves lefty Eric Stults and did fairly well,...

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3 Up & 3 Down: Mets Put Nationals On Alert

It’s the 2015 season, baseball is back in Queens and the Mets are looking to revive a city enriched in National League baseball history.  Let’s dive into this seasons first edition 3 and 3.  As always, you’re feedback is a necessity, there was well over 10 hours of Amazin’ baseball to watch this week, I’m sure everyone caught something interesting out of the corner...

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Undrafted Prospect T.J. Rivera Impressing Mets

Mets prospect and Bronx native T.J. Rivera was undrafted out of Troy University in Alabama. But so far in the minor leagues, he is making the Mets notice writes Adam Rubin of ESPN. Last season at Class-A St Lucie and Double-A Binghamton combined, he hit .349 with 5 home runs and 75 RBIs in 453 at bats and helped Binghamton win the Eastern League title for the first time in 20 years. This season,...

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MMO Exclusive: MiLB.com’s Jake Seiner on Matz, Nimmo, Syndergaard, Conforto

On Wednesday evening, I had the pleasure of sitting down with minor league reporter and analyst Jake Seiner of MilB.com. Seiner covers the entire minor leagues very closely, but  agreed to keep our discussion limited to the Mets and we mainly discussed the teams top prospects as featured on the MMO Top 25 for the 2015 season. So, without further ado, here’s the full transcript from my interview...

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Collins Insists Duda Not In A Platoon, But Will Sit Against Lefty In Atlanta

During spring training, Mets manager Terry Collins said that starting 1st baseman, Lucas Duda would not platoon at first base during the regular season. However that could be subject to change this weekend. The Mets will head into Atlanta to face another division rival, the Braves this weekend, who are set to start lefty, Eric Stults on Friday and another southpaw, Alex Wood on Sunday. Collins...

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