John Ricco told Joel Sherman of the New York Post today that he hopes that Yoenis Cespedes will be able to appear in rehab games during the All-Star break next week. Cespedes was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right hip flexor on May 16 and has suffered multiple setbacks since then. Before his injury, Cespedes appeared in 37 games and hit .255/.316/.474 with six doubles,...
Read More
Tim Britton of the Athletic reports that the Mets are calling up Matt den Dekker and Jacob Rhame from triple-A Las Vegas and will send down Drew Gagnon and Kevin Kaczmarski to make room for them. Gagnon made his MLB debut last night for the Mets and allowed six runs in 4 2/3 innings. Meanwhile, Kaczmarski only had five plate appearances with the club despite being on the roster for more than two...
Read More
Mark Feinsand of MLB.com wrote a fantastic article that is well worth reading yesterday detailing a list of eight candidates that could potentially take the GM role for the Mets next season, with Sandy Alderson no longer in command. Here are the candidates he listed and some tidbits of stuff he noted within that. John Ricco The first name on the list comes as no surprise. As we all know, he...
Read More
Amed Rosario has been disappointing for much of the season this year for the Mets on a number of levels. His offense has been poor with a .242/.286/.368 slash line and only four home runs and 22 RBI to with it, while his defense has been extremely disappointing as he has -10 DRS and a -2.8 UZR. Nonetheless, the trait that might be the biggest shocker of all early in his young career might be the...
Read More
Joel Sherman of the New York Post wrote an article yesterday in which he got the opinions of other league executives about whether or not the Mets would trade any of the four starters on the market, in Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz, and Zack Wheeler. The one believed to be off the table is Jacob deGrom as one executive said, “They are not talking deGrom. They are not trading...
Read More
