Keith Law of ESPN, released his rankings for the Top 10 farm systems in baseball and had the New York Mets as the 7th best. The Mets move up nine spots after being ranked 16th last year. For the second straight season, Law had the Atlanta Braves at the top of the rankings. They are followed by the New York Yankees at #2, San Diego Padres at #3, Pittsburgh Pirates moved up to #4 and the Los...
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The New York Mets have yet to dive into the free agent reliever market outside of a few minor league signings, yet still have holes in their bullpen. Jerry Blevins is still a free agent and leaves the Mets without a true LOOGY because Josh Smoker struggles vs lefties and Terry Collins has yet to use Hansel Robles as the weapon he can be against them. Lefties have just a .577 OPS against Robles...
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Harry Minor, scout who spent 44 of his 65 years in baseball with the New York Mets, passed away on Wednesday night at the age of 89. Minor began scouting in 1960 after his minor league playing days were over and started his career with the Mets in 1968 as an area scout. He was with the Mets organization until he decided to retire in 2011. Minor was also national cross checker with the Mets and...
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New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia has pitched well in the Dominican Winter League playoffs for the Gigantes del Cibao since struggling in his debut. On Sunday night, he pitched a scoreless eighth inning and picked up the win in the Gigantes’ fourth straight victory. Familia allowed an infielder single, but got an inning ending double play off the bat of Emilio Bonifacio to end the frame....
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Phillip Evans won the batting title on the final day of the Eastern League season in 2016 with a 4 for 6 game that capped an incredible breakout year. The 24-year old had a career season in 2016 hitting .335/.374/.485 in 96 games for the Double-A Binghamton Mets. He also set career highs in doubles (30), home runs (8), runs scored (53), RBI (41) and OPS (.826). The right-handed hitting infielder...
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