The New York Mets travel to Lakeland, FL to take on the Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon. LHP Adam Wilk gets the start for the Mets and he will be opposed by reigning Rookie of the Year RHP Michael Fulmer. First Pitch is at 1:05 PM. Also expected to pitch for the Mets today are RHP Rafael Montero, LHP Josh Edgin, RHP Logan Taylor, and RHP Paul Sewald. Catcher Kevin Plawecki is making his first...
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Just before the Winter Meetings, I wrote two articles about my concern that the Mets did not protect Paul Sewald from the Rule 5 Draft. Those of you who remember, I was pretty worried that we ran the risk of losing him by not adding him to the 40 man roster. I went on and on about how he was ready to pitch in a big-league bullpen – namely ours – and yada, yada, yada. Funny how things...
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Let’s have some fun and test your knowledge on the First Year Player Draft and some of the players the New York Mets selected with their first round picks. What I’m looking for today is to see if you can name the 14 first round picks the Mets have had since 2000. We are only looking for first rounders selected within the first 30 picks of the draft. No Supplemental picks and No...
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Talk about an unexpected dramatic and dominating performance… New York Mets right-hander Seth Lugo was all that and more tonight, as he out-pitched Felix Hernandez in a World Baseball Classic matchup pitting Puerto Rico against Venezuela. Lugo, 27, was brilliant against a strong Venezuelan lineup, tossing 5.1 scoreless innings and allowing just one hit (a single), no walks and striking out...
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Travis d’Arnaud has gone from being one of baseball’s top catching prospects to an enigma during his time with the New York Mets. Baseball scouts used to gush about the former first rounder all through his trek in the minor leagues, where he posted a .290/.355/.483 batting line in parts of ten seasons, and a .339/.407/.622 in parts of five Triple-A seasons. It was d’Arnaud who...
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