Author: Michael Mayer

Carlos Gomez Says It’s a Dream Returning to Mets

The New York Mets announced they’ve officially signed veteran outfielder Carlos Gomez to a minor league deal with an invitation major league camp. Gomez, 33, hit .208/.298/.336 with 15 doubles, nine home runs, 32 RBI, and 12 stolen bases in 408 plate appearances for the Rays in 2018. He posted a 0.5 bWAR and had eight defensive runs saved in 798.2 innings in right field. The former Met,...

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DeGrom Twirls Three Scoreless in Second Spring Start

Mets ace Jacob deGrom made his second spring start of 2019 on Friday when he pitched three innings in the Mets win over the Tigers, 7-1. DeGrom needed only 39 pitches to get through three scoreless innings. He allowed only one hit, zero walks, and struck out four. He struck out the last three batters he faced, all swinging. The 2018 National League Cy Young Award winner got his fastball velocity...

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Mets Need to Finish Offseason by Signing Starting Pitcher

New Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen said he wanted to eliminate “ifs” within the franchise. He’s certainly made moves to do so in terms of position player depth, but the 2019 Mets team still has a pretty big IF rounding out their rotation. Left-hander Jason Vargas is coming off a season in which he posted a 5.77 ERA and 1.41 WHIP in just 92 innings. He did pitch better in the second...

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MMO 2019 Top 25 Prospects Review

On Monday we wrapped up our countdown of the Mets Top 25 prospects with shortstop Andres Gimenez finishing it off at No. 1. Gimenez was not a clear cut top prospect with many of our writers torn between him and the powerful Pete Alonso, our No. 2 prospect ultimately. Here’s our Top 25 with links to the write ups: Andres Gimenez, SS – Report Pete Alonso, 1B – Report Ronny...

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Alonso, Dominic Smith Continue Impressive Camps

Coming into the 2018 New York Mets camp, one of the big questions was who was going to start at first base on Opening Day? A young Dominic Smith was coming off his first big league experience though the Mets had signed veteran Adrian Gonzalez. Smith showed up to camp in better shape, but that goodwill didn’t last long. He was late to arrive for the first game day and was scratched from the...

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