Mike Mazzeo of Yahoo Sports reports that New York Mets rookie slugger Pete Alonso will participate in Major League Baseball’s 2019 Home Run Derby next month in Cleveland. Alonso, 24, has already set the Mets rookie home run record with 27 long balls this year. The first baseman is hitting .277/.367/.625 with 18 doubles and 61 RBI. The former second round pick is on pace to shatter the Mets...
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The Mets picked up right-handed pitcher Chris Mazza in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 draft on December 13 during the Winter Meetings. On Wednesday, it was reported that in his eighth minor league season, Mazza was finally getting his first call-up to the big leagues. The Mets selected his contract from Triple-A Syracuse after posting a 3.59 ERA and 1.16 WHIP in 72.2 innings this year....
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Mets left-handed pitching prospect Anthony Kay has been named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game roster according to Craig Mish of Fantasy Sports Radio. Kay, 24, has gone 7-5 with a 2.63 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, and 9.6 K/9 in 75.1 innings between the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies and Triple-A Syracuse Mets in 2019. The former first round pick had a 1.49 ERA in Binghamton before getting promoted to...
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Utility man Dilson Herrera will be the lone representative from the Syracuse Mets in the 2019 Triple-A All-Star game. Herrera, still only 25, is hitting .267/.364/.587 with 15 doubles, 17 homers, 37 RBI, and eight stolen bases in 239 plate appearances this year. His 17 homers rank seventh in the league and his .951 OPS is eighth. The former Mets prospect has played all over the field, getting...
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The Mets suffered a tough loss on Wednesday night in which the bullpen blew their league-leading 19 save and dropped their record to a season-worst seven games below .500 at 37-44. At the halfway point of the season, the Mets sit in fourth place and 11 games back of the first place Atlanta Braves. They are only five and half games ahead of the last place Miami Marlins. The Mets and new manager...
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