The Mets drafted left-hander starter Anthony Kay with the 31st pick of the 2016 draft from the University of Connecticut. It was actually the second time the the Mets drafted Kay after taking him in the 29th round out of Ward Melville in 2013, but not signing him. Kay’s pro career got off to a slow start with him missing the rest of the 2016 season after being drafted and then sitting out...
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Dominic Smith has found it tough to find any consistent at-bats in 2019 given the success of Pete Alonso at first base and the Mets unwillingness to use him in the outfield, that has not stopped him from being productive. The 23-year-old Smith received only four plate appearances in the four-game sweep of the Nationals, but he made the most of them. On Monday in the eighth inning, Smith hit an...
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The Mets announced on Thursday that outfielder Yoenis Cespedes underwent season-ending surgery on his ankle at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen told the media on Monday that Cespedes fractured his ankle after stepping in a hole on his ranch in Florida. Cespedes will now enter the 2020 having played only 119 games in the previous three seasons after signing...
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Wednesday was a wild ride for the 38-year-old Rajai Davis going from Allentown, Pennsylvania to Citi Field just in time for a three-run homer in the eighth inning. Davis was with the Mets Triple-A affiliate Syracuse Mets taking batting practice in preparation to play the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs when he got the call that he was returning to the big leagues. The veteran Davis had his contract...
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The Mets announced on Thursday morning that Robinson Cano and Jeff McNeil have both been placed on the 10-day injured list. They have recalled infielder Luis Guillorme and left-handed reliever Ryan O’Rourke from Triple-A Syracuse to take the place of Cano and McNeil on the 25-man roster. Cano left the Mets 6-1 win on Wednesday night with a quad strain. The veteran infielder is hitting only...
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