The New York Mets have settled with arbitration eligible first baseman Lucas Duda for $7.25 million for the 2017 according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag Sports. The Pace Law School projected that Duda would get $7.315 million. Lucas Duda was limited to just 47 games in 2016 due to a stress fracture in his lower back. He opted for rest instead of surgery and actually returned for a couple of games at...
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The New York Mets announced they have signed left-handed pitcher Adam Wilk to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league spring training. Wilk, 29, pitched the entire 2016 season in Triple-A for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 15 starts spanning 87.1 innings, he went 2-8 with a 3.61 ERA and 1.12 WHIP. He allowed only 85 hits and 13 walks while striking out 75 for the Durham Bulls. Left-handed...
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At Citi Field today, New York Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson met with team beat writers to discuss the state of the team. Here is what Sandy had to say courtesy of Adam Rubin of ESPN: 1. Sandy feels fairly comfortable with the right-handed options for the bullpen as he mentioned Rafael Montero, Seth Lugo, Robert Gsellman and Gabriel Ynoa as candidates for relief. 2. He called the current...
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New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia pitched a scoreless inning on Wednesday night in the Gigantes del Cibao’s 4-2 loss in the Dominican Winter League playoffs. Familia allowed a two out triple for the only base runner and struck out one. Familia has now pitched four scoreless outings in a row after a rough debut (two runs in 0.2 IP). Over those four appearances he has issued one walk,...
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Jeurys Familia made his fourth appearance of the Dominican winter league playoffs on Sunday night and pitched a perfect eighth inning for the Gigantes del Cibao. He got a pop out by Hanley Ramirez followed by ground outs from Jason Rogers and Diory Hernandez. The Tigres del Licey defeated the Gigantes del Cibao by a 2-1 score in twelves innings. With the loss, Gigantes fell to 3-6 in the first...
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