Free agency has begun without any movement at all yet besides the Minnesota Twins putting in the winning $12.85 million bid to negotiate with KBO slugger Byung-ho Park. I have decided to give it a shot at predicting where this offseasons top free agents will end up and roughly what I think they could get on the open market. This is part one of a two part series where I will do numbers 26-50...
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Mets shortstop prospect Gavin Cecchini was scheduled to play for Team USA in the first annual Premier 12 Tournament taking place in Asia. The tournament actually started yesterday but USA doesn’t have its first game until tomorrow against the Dominican Republic. Cecchini was on the preliminary roster before being scratched last week according to a source. Today Adam Rubin tweeted that he...
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Once promising hard throwing reliever Vic Black has seen his days with the New York Mets come to an end as he elected free agency today. Black was a bright spot in the Mets bullpen combining for a 2.83 ERA and 1.298 WHIP in 47.2 innings covering the 2013-2014 season. Black was traded to the Mets on August 29th, 2013 along with second baseman Dilson Herrera from the Pirates for Marlon...
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Today the Mets officially added left-handed former Nationals first round pick Josh Smoker to their 40-man roster putting it right at 40. Smoker started the season with the Savannah Sand Gnats after signing a minor league deal on during the last week of Spring Training. He pitched for the St. Lucie Mets as well and finished the year at AA with the Binghamton Mets. Overall this year he was 3-0...
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Last night the Mets finally responded with a knockout of their own led by the God of Thunder and Captain America in a 9-3 Game 3 win over the Kansas City Royals at Citi Field. Here are five things I took away from the victory last night: 1. Noah Syndergaard is just a rookie but he didn’t pitch like one last night keeping his composure after two rough innings to start his outing. After...
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