In his second appearance for the Gigantes del Cibao on Monday night, Mets closer Jeurys Familia touched 100 mph on the radar gun. With the Gigantes up 4-3, Familia was brought in to pitch the eighth inning. He struck out two batters, walked one and stranded the runner. With his scoreless outing Familia reduced his ERA to 10.80. Still no word on how long of an extension Familia will serve as his...
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New York Mets starter Steven Matz was at his alma mater Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, New York today. He was hosting a “Meet the Matz” all-day baseball clinic. During the clinic, Matz told Jamie Stuart of Newsday, that his goal for the 2017 season was to make 30 starts. He recently resumed throwing and is expected to be ready by spring training. “I feel on track....
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With the 2016 year coming to an end we will take a look at the top minor league players from the New York Mets system over the past season. We based our choices on how they did statistically and not prospect ranking. Starters Catcher: Tomas Nido (St. Lucie Mets) – The only full season catcher to hit at least .320 and throw out at least 40% of basestealers. The 22-year old was the FSL batting...
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The New York Mets’ 2016 season was full of highlights despite ending short of its goal in the wild card round. Let’s take a look at a few of the memorable moments from the playoff season. Bartolo Colon provided the biggest highlight of the season on May 7 when he slugged his first career home run. He did so in Petco Park against the San Diego Padres with James Shields on the mound...
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New York Mets infielder Asdrubal Cabrera has now played ten games in the Venezuelan Winter League for the Leones del Caracas and eight of them have come at second base. He’s played only one game at shortstop with former Met Wilfredo Tovar seeing the bulk of the action at the position. Earlier this month, Cabrera did tell Team Venezuelan World Baseball Classic manager Omar Vizquel that he...
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