The New York Mets are going to have to get by the Washington Nationals if they want any shot of winning the NL East this season. So, we thought it would be fun to do a position-by-position comparison of the two. Catcher The Mets happen to have two catchers in Kevin Plawecki and Travis d’Arnaud that could be better than the Nationals starting catcher, Matt Wieters. d’Arnaud and...
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The New York Mets will play their last Grapefruit League game today at First Data Field against the Miami Marlins. Steven Matz will take the hill for the Mets against Tyler Cloyd of the Marlins. The game will be on WPIX. Mets Lineup Brandon Nimmo DH Yoenis Cespedes LF Jay Bruce RF Todd Frazier 3B Asdrubal Cabrera 2B Adrian Gonzalez 1B Kevin Plawecki C Amed Rosario SS Juan Lagares CF...
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Howard Johnson was struck by an Erik Gonzalez line-drive foul ball in the left eye last night during the Texas Rangers’ Cactus League game. Johnson, as we all know, was a part of the 1986 World Series Champion Mets team. He played for the Mets from 1985-1993 and also was a coach (first base and hitting) for the Mets for four seasons. The 57-year old had been serving as the manager for the...
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Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News reports that the Mets have told Michael Conforto that he would begin the season on the DL. This news is really not surprising considering he has only played two Grapefruit League games so far. However, there was some speculation that he might make the team as a pinch hitter, as Mike Puma of the New York Post reported they were considering. As a result of...
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The Mets, over the course of the spring, were starting to have some obvious choices for roster spots. However, we all probably feared that the Mets would make decisions based largely on potential and the ability to retain certain players. When the team, instead, decided to send Hansel Robles and Zack Wheeler to the minors, it became clear that Mickey Callaway’s and Sandy Alderson’s...
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