According to Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline, the Mets have signed first round pick Colin Houck. The prep shortstop will get a signing bonus of $2.75 million, slightly above the slot value of $2,607,500 for the 32nd overall pick. Callis also reports that the Mets have signed second rounder Brandon Sproat a year after they will unable to sign the hard-throwing right-hander from Florida. Sproat’s...
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Right-handed pitchers Tyler Stuart and Dylan Tebrake have been promoted from the High-A Brooklyn Cyclones to Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Both pitchers were selected in the draft last year with Stuart being a sixth round pick and Tebrake being an eighth round pick. Stuart, 23, leads all of Minor League Baseball with his 1.55 ERA this season in 14 starts for Brooklyn. The 6’9”...
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According to a source, the Mets have signed eighth round pick Boston Baro to a $700,000 signing bonus. The slot value for the pick is $192,900. Baro played this season at Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, California, and had a commitment to UCLA. Baro, 18, was ranked as high as 98th by Baseball America in pre-draft prospect rankings. Baro is one of three prep shortstops the Mets...
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Major League Baseball released all the schedules for the 2024 season, including the New York Mets starting their campaign at Citi Field hosting the Milwaukee Brewers on March 28. The Mets then get Friday off and finish their first series of the season with two more games against the Brewers. April Notes Don’t play any games vs. NL East May Notes Only two off days the entire month, both on...
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New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso looks to regain the Home Run Derby title on Monday night in Seattle at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. Alonso was knocked out of the 2022 derby by Mariners’ young star Julio Rodríguez, and they will have a rematch in the first round tonight. Alonso looks to join Ken Griffey Jr. as the only players to win three Home Derby titles. Alonso enters the derby with a...
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