Francisco Rodriguez has agreed to waive the vesting option on his contract, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney. The option stipulated that he’d make $17.5 million if he finished 55 games this year. The vesting option for 55 games finished still in place — but now it’s a mutual option, which means both sides have to agree to it for it to be exercised, which is highly unlikely. At...
Read MoreESPN’s Keith Law updated his 2011 Top 50 Prospect List yesterday, and Mets pitching prospect Matt Harvey checked in at #26. He was the only Mets prospect to appear on Law’s list and he replaces injured pitcher Jenrry Mejia who was bumped off. Here is his Top 10: Bryce Harper, WAS Matt Moore, TB Shelby Miller, STL Carlos Martinez, STL Manny Machado, BAL Devin Mesoraco, CIN Hak-Ju Lee,...
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SHARP PITCHER OF THE MONTH Bobby Parnell was named the Mets Sharp Pitcher of the Month for June. Parnell, who will be honored tonight, went 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA (two earned runs/12.0 innings) during the month. He issued three walks and racked up 12 strikeouts in 10 games. Sharp Electronics will donate Fun Centers in Bobby Parnell’s name to the Jamaica Hospital in Queens.
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All three Mets relievers who are expected to try their hands at replacing Francisco Rodriguez weighed in on the situation on Thursday. Here is what each of them had to say about closing. “If nobody gets an ego, we’ll be just fine,” said Isringhausen (1-0, 3.14 ERA, 35 games). I don’t think any of us will have one. I know I won’t. They won’t and it will work out just the way Terry wants it to...
Read MoreWith the Mets idle on this first day of the second half of the season, I decided to do some number crunching and digging around on Baseball Reference, my number one resource for dope on the Mets. I came across some interesting stats on Bobby Parnell. With the young fire-baller ready to assume his biggest role as a Met in his short career, I wondered how well he has performed in save type...
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