It’s that time of the year when we start seeing publications release their top prospects list and the first one this offseason is by Baseball Prospectus. Mets Top 10 Prospects (preseason rankings in parentheses): 1. Amed Rosario, SS (2) 2. Robert Gsellman, RHP (9) 3. Thomas Szapucki, LHP (NA) 4. Dominic Smith, 1B (5) 5. Desmond Lindsay, OF (7) 6. Justin Dunn, RHP (NA) 7. Andres Gimenez, SS...
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Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is reporting that Major League Baseball and MLB Player’s Union are discussing multiple changes to regular season rosters. One of the changes being discussed is the regular season roster size growing from 25 to 26 players. In exchange for that, the player’s union may be willing to agree on limiting the September roster expansion to only 28 players. Teams...
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According to Kristie Ackert of New York Daily News, the New York Mets are still unsure if they will tender catcher Rene Rivera a contract for the 2017 season. Rivera, 33, is arbitration eligible this offseason and is estimated to make $2.2 million for the 2017 season. One team source that Ackert talked to said they haven’t decided yet whether they would tender Rivera and another team...
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New York Mets GM Sandy Alderson was a guest on WOR 710 last night, and he weighed in on a variety of topics with radio host Pete McCarthy. One of those topics was the Mets young outfielder Michael Conforto who struggled during his sophomore season. During the interview, Alderson said that he sees Conforto as an everyday player in 2017 that could sit only against tough lefties. He also mentioned...
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The Scottsdale Scorpions won 4-0 over the Salt River Rafters on Wednesday night in what is their second to last game of the year. They’re the only team out of six in the Arizona Fall League that is out of contention for the championship game going into the final day of the regular season. Gavin Cecchini batted second and played shortstop, going 2 for 4 with a double and a run scored. He...
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