Author: Matt Mancuso

Morning Briefing: Vargas Again Looks to Get on Track

If Jason Vargas can not retire Orioles hitters tonight, it’s a complete embarrassment. They’re by far the worst team in the Majors and they just traded away their core so they can begin a long-awaited rebuild. The Mets will travel to Baltimore tonight to begin a quick two-game series. Vargas (2-8, 8.75 ERA) will face Andrew Cashner (3-10, 4.83 ERA) at 7:05 p.m. You may not believe...

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Morning Briefing: Oswalt Looks to Bring the Heat

Good Morning Mets Fans! Corey Oswalt (1-2, 5.13 ERA) will face off against Dan Straily (4-5, 4.35 ERA) at 7:10 p.m. The game can be viewed on SNY and 710 WOR. Oswalt’s been a lot better since his latest Major-League promotion. Zack Wheeler’s 23-inning scoreless streak ended, but he still turned in seven very strong innings against the Fish. He’s finally developed into the...

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Mets Minors: Midseason Top Prospects #5-1

Here’s the final five prospects of our New York Mets midseason countdown in a farm system that is now ranked No. 19 according to Baseball America. No. 5 Ronny Mauricio, SS Ht: 6’3″ Wt: 166 lb. Level: GCL Mets B/T: S/R Age: 4/4/01 (17) Age Dif: -2.7 Acquired: IFA from the Dominican Republic for $2.1M bonus (7/2/17) 2018 Stats: 42 G, 181 PA, 167 AB, 13 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 28 RBI, 1 SB/5 CS, 15.5...

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Morning Briefing: Off Day Before Last Place Battle

Good Morning Mets fans!! Sadly, there is no Mets game scheduled for today. They will begin a three-game set with the Marlins on Friday in Miami. You may not believe me, but the Mets actually won a Jacob deGrom start. They provided him eight runs of support for the first time in what seems like ages. Brandon Nimmo and Austin Jackson combined to go 6-for-10 with six RBI’s while deGrom won a...

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Mets Minors Recap: Alonso Explodes With Four Hits, Four RBI

Las Vegas (57-58) 9, Iowa Cubs (42-72) 6 Box 1B Peter Alonso: 4-5, 2B, HR, R, 4 RBI, .285/.402/.557 3B Cody Asche: 2-4, 3B, HR, 2 R, BB, .239/.311/.418 Peter Alonso continued his hot hitting with a season-high four hits. The big slugger has posted a .348/.421/.742 slash-line during his 17-game on-base streak. Despite some early struggles in Vegas, he’s rebounded and is primed for a...

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