The New York Mets have traded first baseman Lucas Duda to the Tampa Bay Rays for right-handed pitching prospect Drew Smith according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. Duda, 31, is hitting .246/.347/.532 with 21 doubles, 17 home runs and 37 RBI this year for the Mets. He leaves the Mets with the seventh most home runs in franchise history with 125. The Rays are taking on the rest of the 2017 salary,...
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The Tampa Bay Rays have acauired left-handed reliever Dan Jennings from the Chicago White Sox according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. In return, the White Sox will get former first round pick Casey Gillaspie. The former No. 20 pick from 2014 has struggled this season hitting only .227/.296/.357 in Triple-A. He was ranked as the No. 10 prospect in the Rays system. Jennings has a 3.45...
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New York Mets infielder Neil Walker played third base last night for the Las Vegas 51s. It’s not an entirely new position for Walker who has played 440 games there in his career, but only 15 of those in the majors. Walker played the entire game at third for the 51s on Wednesday night and of course the first Nashville Sounds batter hit one to him. Walker showed nice range to get to the...
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According to a report from Betsy Helfand of the Review Journal, top prospect Amed Rosario has been dealing with a stomach illness and has been hospitalized in Memphis. Earlier in the week, Mets general manager said that the reason Rosario had missed time was due to a bruised index finger, but it seems that the stomach issue is what the big problem is. However, Helfand said Rosario is feeling...
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On this date in 2004, New York Mets fans finally got to see their prized prospect in third baseman David Wright make his Major League debut. The Mets drafted Wright in from Hickory High School in Chesapeake, Virginia at the young age of 18. He was taken in the supplemental first round with the 38th overall pick the Mets received as compensation for Mike Hampton signing with the Colorado Rockies....
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