With the 46th overall pick in the second round of the 2021 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft, the New York Mets select Calvin Ziegler, a right handed pitcher from St. Mary’s Catholic High School. Ziegler was committed to play baseball at the University of Auburn and was ranked as the top Canadian prospect going into this years draft. Mets second rounder Calvin Ziegler. The top...
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As Minor League Baseball reaches its midseason point, three of the New York Mets top hitting prospects have impressed with the Brooklyn Cyclones so far. With their impressive play, Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty, and Ronny Mauricio have soared up the rankings for Baseball Prospectus, ranking them at number No. 11, No. 16, and No. 40 in their midseason prospect poll. Alvarez finds himself nestled...
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Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that the Mets are one of the teams showing interest in Pirates outfielder/second baseman Adam Frazier. Frazier, 29, is having a career year at the dish with a .326/.396/.461 slash line. The left-hander hitter has 25 doubles, four triples, four home runs, and five stolen bases this season in 85 games for the last place squad from Pittsburgh. The former sixth...
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Taijuan Walker has looked like one of the best free agent signings of the entire offseason, Kevin Pillar and Jonathan Villar have filled in valiantly after signing to be bench players, and then there’s left-handed reliever Aaron Loup. The 33-year-old is another free agent signing from the offseason that has the Mets front office looking smart. Loup has a 1.93 ERA and 0.96 WHIP in 18 2/3...
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The Major League Baseball trade deadline date was on June 15 from 1923 through the 1985 season before switching to it’s current July 31 date beginning in 1986. Multiple trades have been made by the New York Mets on this date, some that ended up helping the team tremendously and one that most consider the worst in franchise history. 1969 The Mets entered deadline day 30-25, 8.5 games behind the...
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