New York Mets pitching coach Dave Eiland was on the teams Facebook account answering fan questions alongside bench coach Gary DiSarcina and hitting coach Pat Roessler with Howie Rose as the host. One of the questions that was asked by a fan was if the Mets would be implementing a six-man rotation in 2018 and Eiland answered, “I hope not, it’s not something we’ve talked about...
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New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is doing what he can to ensure that he stays healthy in 2018 and one way he’s hoping to do so is staying off the golf course. Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that Cespedes hasn’t played since last July and doesn’t plan on playing again during the baseball season. Puma also reports that Cespedes stopped playing golf at the...
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New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway announced the first Grapefruit League lineup of 2018 with center fielder Brandon Nimmo leading off on Friday. The game starts at 1:10 p.m. ET and be televised on SNY. The Mets will be facing the Atlanta Braves at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie. Here is the first lineup by Callaway: Brandon Nimmo, CF Adrian Gonzalez, DH Todd Frazier, 3B Dominic Smith, 1B...
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The New York Mets will fall in line with a few other major league teams in 2018 when they start wearing wristbands that have scouting information packed into them according to an article by Kevin Kernan of the New York Post. New manager Mickey Callaway will bring the change from Cleveland where they had all of their catchers wear the pitching cheat sheet. Another team that tried it last year was...
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The New York Mets have pushed that veteran Adrian Gonzalez was signed to fight the young Dominic Smith for the first base job and even possibly mentor him along the way. What we’ve seen on the field, or perhaps more important what we haven’t seen, is Smith and Gonzalez together. They haven’t been together at all, in three days of camp they haven’t been seen working...
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