I got the chance recently to sit down on the phone with Mets’ vice president of amateur and international scouting Tommy Tanous. Tanous has been with the Mets since 2010, and has worked his way up through the ranks to the current position he holds. The Mets’ first draft under Tanous came in 2012, in which 11 major leaguers were produced. The following year, the Mets selected Dominic...
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The festivities at Citi Field began long before former Met Matt Harvey took the mound. The Mets, on the other hand, were looking to continue the wave of Mazeika Magic and win their seventh in a row. The Dark Knight was greeted to a standing ovation from a limited capacity crowd, but his day likely peaked there. Taijuan Walker (2-1), fresh off arguably the best start of his career in St. Louis in...
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Mets acting general manager Zack Scott gave an update on the main injuries to the Mets pitching staff this afternoon. Scott started off by announcing that Jacob deGrom is “good to go” and will start tomorrow’s game again Arizona. He continued that starter Noah Syndergaard and reliever Seth Lugo are both on track to start rehab assignments in “a week or so.” Both...
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The Mets have received more good news on the status of both Carlos Carrasco and Noah Syndergaard in their ongoing rehab from injuries. As scheduled, both starting pitchers threw simulated games at the teams facility in Port St Lucie on Tuesday morning. Carrasco threw six innings, hitting up to 96 MPH with his fastball, showed some good late life on his stuff, and an anonymous Mets’ minor...
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As announced by manager Luis Rojas after the cancelation of Monday evening’s game, the Mets will start Taijuan Walker and Marcus Stroman in Tuesday’s double header against the Philadelphia Phillies. Walker was scheduled to start Tuesday night’s game originally, and will get the ball in Game 1. Stroman was not scheduled to take the mound until his next time through the rotation...
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