Author: Matt Mancuso

Morning Briefing: Jackson Heads to AT&T

With Spring Training less than a month away, many free agents still remain unsigned. But one player was removed from the market yesterday as Austin Jackson was signed by the San Francisco Giants Latest Mets News Baseball America and Keith Law of ESPN released their top prospect lists. Although Law only published his top 51-100 prospects, he listed 2017 draftee David Peterson as 58th best on his...

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Morning Briefing: Bringing Big Sexy Back?

Congratulations to the Patriots and Eagles as they both won Sunday and will compete against each other in the Super Bowl on Feb. 4. It seems every front office GM was glued to those games as the baseball world was quiet on Sunday. Latest Mets News Mike Berardino of The Twin Cities Pioneer Press reports that Mets have recently shown interest in fan favorite Bartolo Colon. Colon resurrected his...

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Morning Briefing: Bye Bye, Black Bear

Pitchers and catchers report in one month! It’s been a very quiet offseason, but yesterday the Hot Stove’s wheels started to turn. Latest Mets News The Mets invited nine minor-league players to major league spring training. Noteworthy players include slugging first baseman Peter Alonso, southpaw P.J. Conlon and fan favorite Tim Tebow. They will also bring offseason signees Zach...

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MMO Top Mets Prospects 17-15: Crismatt, Bautista, Molina

17. RHP Nabil Crismatt  Ht: 6’1″ Wt: 222 Level: St.Lucie Mets B/T: R/R Age: 12/25/93 (23) Age Dif: -0.2 Acquired: Signed as an International Free Agent in 2011 2017 Stats: 6-13, 3.95 ERA, 26 G, 25 GS, 1 CG, 3 SHO, 145.2 IP, 89 K, 1.35 WHIP, 2.22 BB/9, 8.7 K/9 Crismatt began his 2017 campaign being thrust immediately into the fire. He pitched for his native Colombia in the World Baseball Classic...

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Morning Briefing: Say Hey, Jay!

While trade rumors between the Mets and Pirates were rampant yesterday, nothing came to fruition. Meanwhile, Jay Bruce was reintroduced at Citi Field. Latest Mets News According to MMO’s own Jacob Resnick, the Mets have DFA’ed RP Kevin McGowan to make room for Bruce on their 40-man roster. McGowan made his major league debut this season pitching to a 5.19 ERA in 8.1 innings. Josh...

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