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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Marcos Molina who was ranked as the Mets number 6 prospect by Baseball America earlier today has had Tommy John surgery and will miss the entire 2016 season. The 20-year old right handed pitcher was shutdown on two separate occasions this year with the St. Lucie Mets. The first time came after a rough outing for St. Lucie in which he gave up six runs on eleven hits in 5.2 innings and saw...
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Baseball America released their Top 10 Mets prospect list today and unsurprisingly they have left-hander Steven Matz at the top. They talk about the fact that the trades of Michael Fulmer, Robert Whalen, Matt Koch, Casey Meisner, Luis Cessa, John Gant and Miller Diaz has weakened the Mets starting pitching depth in the Minors. However, the Mets minor league system still finished with a .532...
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