With David Wright and Jay Bruce on rehab assignments, all eyes right now are on the St. Lucie Mets. Given that being the case, this is the opportunity for a player to perform well and distinguish himself. The Mets 2015 second round pick Desmond Lindsay is doing that just. Since being activated from the seven day disabled list, Lindsay is 7-for-20 with a double, homer, and five RBI in six games....
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3 UP 1. cyGrom On Friday night, Aaron Nola was great against the Mets striking out 11 and allowing just one run on three hits in seven dominant innings. It was the type of performance you expect from a Cy Young contender. Well, the memories from that start were short lived as Jacob deGrom went out the next day and threw a complete game. In those nine brilliant innings, he allowed no earned runs...
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Last night, the New York Mets started Jose Bautista at first with Jack Reinheimer in left. It was the latest and most blatant example of just how far the Mets are willing to go to give Dominic Smith and Peter Alonso a chance to prove themselves at the Major League level. We have been conditioned to see and expect promising prospects to be buried behind underperforming veterans at the Major...
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Looking over this Mets bullpen, it is obvious to everyone the organization needs to look for long terms solutions. Part and parcel of that is seeing what exactly the Mets have within their organization. In an earlier MMO Spotlight, it was noted with Jerry Blevins’ impending free agency, the Mets should try to see how P.J. Conlon would handle being a LOOGY in the bullpen. Another name who...
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In 2013, Mets used their 29th round draft pick to select LHP Anthony Kay out of Ward Melville High School. The interest was quite understandable with Kay setting 27 different pitching records at that high school, which as Mets fans are well aware, is the alma mater of Steven Matz. Kay would eschew the Mets and would instead enroll at the University of Connecticut. Three years later, the Mets...
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