Brandon Nimmo has been the New York Mets best hitter from the start of the season when he posted a 1.051 in March/April and his current .897 OPS is by far the top number on the team. So why the heck is he batting seventh and eighth? Here’s where Nimmo has placed in the lineup over the last eight games: 8th: Three times 7th: Three times 6th: Once Bench: Once (Game-winning pinch hit homer)...
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The New York Mets now have three stud pitchers healthy and dominating in what has been one of baseball’s best rotations since the All-Star break. Jacob deGrom (front-runner for NL Cy Young), Noah Syndergaard and Zack Wheeler have pitched liked three aces atop the Mets staff giving them three of the top six National League starters ranked by fWAR. Mets pitching coach Dave Eiland told Mike...
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Last week, I introduced you to part 1 of the New York Mets all-obscure team which focused on the starting lineup and bench players. Now I will look at the obscure pitchers that conjured up memories for me (good and bad) as well as ones that were mentioned numerous times on Twitter last week during the discussion. I needed criteria for the article so I decided on less than 100 games and 250...
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The New York Mets have decided to make a few minor changes in offseason player development with them no longer doing the traditional instructional league in Port St. Lucie. Instead, the Mets will hold a development camp this week for it’s top prospects including the likes of Peter Alonso, Andres Gimenez, Ronny Mauricio, Anthony Kay, Justin Dunn David Peterson and 2018 first round Jarred...
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The Toros del Este of the Dominican Winter League announced on Wednesday that New York Mets first baseman/outfielder will play with the team this season. It’s been a tumultuous season for the 23-year-old in which he started it off by getting scratched from spring lineup after showing up late. He then had a quadriceps injury that held him out for most of spring thus handing the Mets first...
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