Mets minor league prospects Patrick Mazeika, Peter Alonso and Jhoan Urena were named to the Florida State League Post-Season All-Star team. In addition, Amed Rosario was named to the Pacific Coast League Post-Season All-Star team. Mazeika, a 23-year-old catcher, hit .287/.389/.406 in 100 games for St. Lucie this summer, hitting seven home runs and driving in 50. He also has experience at first...
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According to Kristie Rieken of the Associated Press, the Mets will play the Astros in Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field due to Hurricane Harvey. The three-game set will begin Friday. Ironically, they will be greeted Friday by Matt Harvey who is returning from the disabled list. He was 4-3 with a 5.25 ERA and 6.17 FIP before he was placed on the disabled list, striking out 54 and walking 35 in 70.1...
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Going into next season, the only ambiguous outfield position is center field. With Yoenis Cespedes is anchored in left and the “Michael Conforto in center field” experiment seeming to be over, the starting center fielder job is up in the air. While many fans think spending extra money on Lorenzo Cain is the best way to approach center field for 2018, two players currently on the Mets...
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When playing double headers, it is normally very important that one or both of your starting pitchers go deep into the game to save your bullpen. Unfortunately, yesterday’s day-night split saw both starting pitchers removed from the game very early. First up was Milone, who was cruising through the first four innings having not allowed a run. He ran into trouble in the 5th inning and was...
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The New York Mets announced that right-handed reliever Jeurys Familia will be in the clubhouse today and will be activated for tomorrow’s game in Washington, D.C. against the Nationals. Familia finished his final test on Wednesday night when he threw a scoreless inning for the Brooklyn Cyclones on the back-end off pitching on two consecutive days. Familia has thrown four scoreless rehab...
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