The 2021 Mets season is over, finishing eight games under .500 and in third place in the NL East. Based on preseason expectations and where the Mets were at in the standings in the middle of the season, it’s as disappointing of an end result as the franchise has had since the mid-2000s. Nevertheless, the offseason is immediately underway, as the Mets have a litany of things to do in order...
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With the season coming to an end Sunday, the Mets draft position for the 2022 draft was locked in place along with it. The Mets will have two first-round draft picks in the 2022 draft–one is their original and the other is the pick they get for Kumar Rocker, their 2021 first-round pick, not coming to terms with the team. Those two picks will land at No. 11 (the Rocker compensatory pick)...
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J.D. Davis met with the media ahead of the final game of the year Sunday and revealed he’ll have surgery on his left hand this week. The left hand issue–a problem with a ligament–has been around since hurting it on a swing in May. Davis started and stopped rehab over the course of two months before coming back in July. The issue then lingered over the last three months of the...
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Francisco Álvarez, Ronny Mauricio and Brett Baty–the Mets’ top three prospects–were named to Baseball America’s top 10 list of the best prospects in the High-A East League. They were all named for their contributions when playing for the Brooklyn Cyclones, though Mauricio and Baty both ended the year in Double-A. Álvarez was ranked No. 3, Mauricio No. 5 and Baty No. 7....
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Good morning, Mets fans! The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the second Wild Card spot Tuesday night with their 17th straight win–seventeen!!–a 6-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. As much as the Mets hoped to catch up to the Cardinals in the Wild Card race when their series started a couple weeks ago, St. Louis swept the Mets then ripped off 12 more in a row to secure their postseason...
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