The Mets sent shockwaves through baseball when they drafted Matthew Allan in the third round of this year’s draft. By and large, Allan was seen as a first round talent, but he had gone undrafted until that point largely because of sign-ability concerns. The Mets took the risk, and they doubled down by drafting a string of collegiate upper classmen who would sign at well under slot value....
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The Dominican Newspaper Diario Libre reports former Mets pitcher Octavio Dotel has been arrested. According to Marly Rivera of ESPN, Dotel’s arrest was part of what the Dominican Republic’s Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez has described as the “largest operation against organized crime” in the country. Another Dominican newspaper, Listin Dario, has reported former Mets second...
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3 UP 1. Alonso’s Record At a certain point, it became a matter of not if but when Pete Alonso was going to break Cody Bellinger’s National League rookie home run record. For a split second on Saturday, it appeared he was going to do it with a huge grand slam. Upon review, New York didn’t see enough to overturn the call on the field. Being Alonso, he still came up big with a...
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One surprise name which has been appearing on Mets top prospect rankings has been LHP Kevin Smith.Baseball America has ranked him as the Mets eighth best prospect. MLB Pipeline has ranked him 11. This is not typically where you see former collegiate upperclassman selected in the seventh round of the MLB draft. That goes for double when that player was initially projected to be a LOOGY. So what...
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3 UP 1. Road Warrior Amed Rosario has been great on the road this year hitting .316/.348/.469. That great play on the road continued in this important series against the Braves with Rosario following a 4-for-5 day at the plate on Wednesday with a 5-for-6 game one homer short of the cycle on Thursday. With Pete Alonso also having a five hit day, they became the first Mets teammates to have five...
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