The Atlanta Braves have locked up second baseman Ozzie Albies Jr. for the long-term according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The deal is seven years, $35 million with a pair of club options according per Joel Sherman of the New York Post. The two option years are valued at $7 million each with a $4 million buy-out for each. Albies, 22, is slashing .364/.429/.500 this season after posting a...
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Mets veteran infielder Todd Frazier continued his rehab assignment on Thursday with the St. Lucie Mets. He went 1-for-3 with two walks, two RBIs, and a run scored in the Mets fifth straight win. Frazier played the first five innings at third base then first base for the last four innings. On Wednesday night, Frazier played the first four innings at shortstop. It was his first time playing the...
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Minor League Opening Day is here with all four of the Mets full season teams in action. The Syracuse Mets will kick off the minor league season (and their affiliation with the Mets) at 2:05 p.m. ET. Jacob Resnick went over the key storylines for this season and John Sheridan highlighted the Opening Day starters. Now let’s take a look at where the Mets Top 25 prospects will start the 2019...
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Mets right-hander Seth Lugo started his 2019 season off by striking out the side on Thursday in a 2-0 Opening Day win over the Nationals. Lugo pitched 101.1 innings last season while making 49 relief appearances and five starts. Mets manager Mickey Callaway would like to see him hit that number again in 2019 as he told Mike Francesa of WFAN in a recent interview, “I think if we can get a...
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Sources have told me that the Class-A Columbia Fireflies infield will include teenage prospects SS Ronny Mauricio, 3B Mark Vientos, and INF Shervyen Newton. The 17-year-old Mauricio was our No. 3 Mets prospects and was ranked as high as No. 68 in FanGraphs’ Top 100 MLB prospects. Mauricio signed for a Mets record (since broken) $2.1 million in 2017. The switch-hitter got a chance to play in a...
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