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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If you had to pick the next player in the Mets organization to hit for the cycle, who would you choose? Is there anyone on the likely Opening Day Roster who can pull it off? Or do you have to dig down deep into the minors to find a likely candidate. I happen to think Amed Rosario will be the next Met to accomplish this rare feat. In 54 years, just 10 Mets have hit for the cycle and that’s...
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One by one, like returning warriors, they took the mound, first Jacob deGrom, then Matt Harvey and finally on Monday afternoon the last of the surgically enhanced triumvirate Steven Matz had his chance to show off his preseason form. And what a fine form it was. Matz tossed two scoreless innings allowing three hits and striking out one. He threw 24 of 39 pitches for strikes, was living in the...
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Yoenis Cespedes was removed from the game on Sunday because his quadriceps muscle tightened up on him. He saw a doctor this afternoon who said it was nothing more than soreness and he is listed as day-to-day. Cespedes went 2-for-2 in the game with a solo home run before exiting and is batting .538 this spring with a 1.615 OPS. This is something to keep an eye on as last season, Cespedes was...
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It was a sunny but blustery day at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie where the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets by a score of 14-11 in a game that featured 34 hits, 10 walks and 4 errors. Pitching: Matt Harvey made his spring training debut and looked solid in the first, tossing a 1-2-3 inning and sytiking out a pair. In his second inning of work, Harvey was greeted by hard hit...
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