Sunny skies and live baseball games are back — and along with those, as of Sunday, are Francisco Álvarez bombs. Álvarez swatted his first home run of spring training in the third inning of Sunday’s win over Houston. Helping the Mets secure their first win of the spring, Álvarez went 2-for-2 in his first two at-bats of 2024, beginning what he hopes to be a strong sophomore campaign on a...
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Four Mets prospects were ranked in the top-100 list that FanGraphs published on Thursday: Drew Gilbert, Jett Williams, Jeremy Rodriguez and Christian Scott. Two of the four were acquired at last season’s trade deadline. All four received future value grades of 50. The Mets’ highest-ranked prospects were Gilbert and Williams at No. 52 and 54, respectively — contrary to MLB Pipeline,...
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For the first time in his young Mets career, David Stearns has arrived in Port St. Lucie, Florida, for the start of spring training. The 38-year-old was hired in October as the club’s new president of baseball operations after a year working in European football. The experience, he said, opened his eyes to how other sports tackle similar situations that they face in baseball. Now,...
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In an expectedly pitching-dominated matchup, the 1998 Mets beat the 1973 Mets in the second round of the Mets Madness tournament. The series featured a no-hitter and a strong display at the plate from Edgardo Alfonzo. Mojo Hill is the leader of the ’98 squad, while Tim Shanahan had control of ’73. Game 1 The first game set the tone for the series, with the ’98 Mets edging out...
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The New York Mets continued a tradition on Saturday—one started by former general manager Omar Minaya back in 2006. Every year, the Mets’ Dominican Baseball Academy graduates players and staff that come through the program. In the last 18 years, more than 500 players have come through its ranks. And on Saturday, 164 players and staff became the latest to walk across the stage. They...
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