10:30 AM So right after I published this post, a reader (ThatGuyWhoLeavesComments) leaves this link to a totally spectacular Noah Syndergaard moment. Andy Martino of the Daily News explains: You never know what to make of the quiet ones at first. But when Noah Syndergaard growled an F-bomb at a coach, everyone went “oooh,” and the Mets’ staff agreed: We like this kid; he’s got some fire. It was...
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Cristina Kharl of ESPN, wrote a comprehensive post on why she thinks the Mets should trade Lucas Duda, Wilmer Flores and RHP prospect Michael Fulmer to the Indians to get Asdrubal Cabrera. The Mets’ gains are pretty obvious, especially if you accept projections of Cabrera rebounding in 2014, whether Baseball Prospectus’ .734 OPS, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS (.736 OPS, 17 home runs)...
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The folks at ESPN SportsNation ran a poll asking their readers how many games the New York Mets will win in 2014. With almost 90,000 votes tallied nationally, 80% of fans believe the Mets will win 79 or fewer games this season, and only 5% think the Mets will win 90 or more. The numbers are only slightly better in New York. We’ll be posting our annual MMO Season Predictions in a couple of...
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Noah Syndergaard, 21, makes his Grapefruit League debut today at the Mets take on the Atlanta Braves at 1:05 p.m. this afternoon at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports. This game is not being televised, but you could listen to the game on WOR 710 AM. Jacob deGrom, Miguel Socolovich, Gonzalez Germen, Josh Edgin and Jeff Walters also are scheduled to pitch for the Mets. First baseman Ike Davis, who had...
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Jhonny Peralta signed a four-year, $53 million deal with the Cardinals this off-season. On Sunday, the former free agent shortstop revealed that he did get a two-year offer from the Mets, as well as a three-year deal from the Yankees. However, it was what Peralta said about the current Mets shortstop that sparked attention yesterday: “The Mets said they had a little problem with Tejada and they...
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