The 2021 Minor League Baseball season is through the first two weeks with the Mets minor leagues experiencing significant highs and lows — much like the big league has. Some of those lows from the big leagues –mostly injuries that continue to mount– have trickled into the minors with teams simply running out of pitching and playing with short benches on numerous occasions. Just...
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Mets starter Marcus Stroman began Sunday having allowed just three home runs in his first seven starts of the season, but the Rays strung him for three home runs in their 7-1 win at Tropicana Field. The game was scoreless going into the fourth inning until Mets killer Manuel Margot hit a two-run homer to give the Rays a 2-0 lead. In the fifth inning, Stroman allowed his second two-run homer of...
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The Mets announced on Thursday afternoon they’ve selected the contract of Tommy Hunter from Triple-A Syracuse and he will be active for today’s game. In the corresponding move, the Mets optioned Jordan Yamamoto to Triple-A. Hunter was signed to a minor league deal this offseason and Tim Britton of The Athletic reports that Tommy could’ve opted out if the Mets didn’t add...
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Opening Day is finally here! Minor League Baseball is a much different animal since the the last time we saw it in 2019, 40 teams are no longer affiliates, the entire structure has been reformatted, and there’s more rules experimentation happening. Another key change for the 2021 minor league season is that teams will play six-game series to limit travel and then a universal day off. Other...
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The Syracuse Mets have released their preliminary roster 2021, this team will likely see a ton of player movement with injuries from the Major League level and the taxi squad for the Mets as well. Syracuse will have a 31-man roster with 28 of them needing to be clarified as active and then a three-player taxi squad. This three-player squad is separate from the five-player one the big league team...
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