The Mets have added outfielder Brandon Nimmo, RHP Seth Lugo, RHP Jeff Walters, and RHP Robert Gsellman to the 40-man roster. Each will be protected from being selected in the Rule 5 Draft and automatically receive invites to major league spring training. November 19 The Mets have until 11:59 PM on November 20th to decide which of their Rule 5 eligible players they will add to the 40-man roster...
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The Salt River Rafters finished their Arizona Fall League season yesterday with a 4-2 win over the Scottsdale Scorpions to finish with a 16-13 record. Right-handed reliever Beck Wheeler finished his strong AFL showing with a scoreless 6th inning issuing a walk while striking out three. He finished with a 2.00 ERA and 1.33 WHIP while striking out 13 in nine innings of work. He also picked up two...
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The Salt River Rafters beat the Mesa Solar Sox 4-2 to stay within a game and a half of the first place Scottsdale Scorpions with two games left. The Rafters and Scorpions do play on the last day of the regular season. Mets first base prospect Dominic Smith returned to the lineup for the first time since November 2nd, he was out with a strained oblique. Smith batted third and was the designated...
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On November 5th the Mets officially added left-handed pitcher Josh Smoker to their 40-man roster. Smoker was a supplemental first round pick (31st overall, six slots ahead of Travis d’Arnaud) of the Washington Nationals in 2007 out of Calhoun High School in Georgia. Josh struggled in the 2012 season, he allowed eight runs in just 9.2 innings topping out at High-A Potomac. He then sat out...
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There still has been little movement on the free agency front while teams await players decisions on whether or not to accept the qualifying offers. I would suspect after all those are decided today that the market will pick up in what would be a cool hot stove if not for the Angels making a splash yesterday. Here are my predictions for the free agents I have ranked 26-50: 26. Ian Kennedy...
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