Mike Puma of the New York Post was told that the Mets haven’t had any substantive talks with Mariners regarding Nick Franklin since the Winter Meetings and that Franklin/Mariners are not on the front burner right now. On Thursday, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reported that the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays are still interested in Franklin who is having a great Spring by the way. Heyman...
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(Photo by David Conde, Metsmerized Online) In last night’s game recap I mentioned that Matt den Dekker may be putting himself back into the family photo in the Mets outfield. Don’t look now but after going 1-for-3, Matt den Dekker is batting .409 (9-for-22) in 13 games with a double, triple, three runs and five RBIs. He’s entering the picture again. Christina De Nicola of Mets.com shared...
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A number of Mets headed west to Las Vegas on Friday for a two game series with the Chicago Cubs. The following is the complete roster of who made the trip to Sin City as announced by the team. Pitchers: RHP Joel Carreno, Bartolo Colon, RHP Cory Mazzoni, Mejia, RHP Rafael Montero, RHP Bobby Parnell, RHP Ryan Reid, RHP Miguel Socolovich and RHP Carlos Torres Catchers: Juan Centeno, Travis...
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(Photo by David Conde, Metsmerized Online) Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal, wrote a great article on how Noah Syndergaard needs to develop a changeup to complete his arsenal and write his ticket to the majors. Despite Syndergaard’s 98 mph fastball and his hook from hell, Diamond says that if the 21-year-old right-hander wants to make the jump from star prospect to star pitcher, he...
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A split squad of the Mets were defeated by the Miami Marlins by a score of 1-0 on Friday night at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter. Zack Wheeler started the game for the Mets and delivered another solid outing tossing 4.2 innings and allowing one run on three hits and a walk with two punch outs. Two of those hits came off the bat of Jarrod Saltalamacchia who also took Wheeler deep with a long home...
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