The MLB Futures Game provides an opportunity to see your team’s up-and-coming prospects on a big stage. For the Mets, top prospect infielder Amed Rosario and rising catcher Tomas Nido appeared for the World team Sunday at Marlins Park in Miami. While Rosario, who has been in a slump as of late at Triple-A Las Vegas, struck out twice in the Futures, the prospect feels ready for...
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Jay Bruce’s arrival in Queens nearly a year ago wasn’t met with cheers and celebration, but with jeering and a parade of “boo’s.” Then 29-year-old Bruce hit just .219/.294/.391 with eight long balls and 19 RBI in 50 games with the Mets after being acquired from Cincinnati. The general consensus was that Bruce’s career as a Met was nothing but a bust and the...
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Prior to Saturday’s bout with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Mets said they had no concrete plans to limit Zack Wheeler’s innings the rest of the season. A golden opportunity for the right-hander to show the team, and himself, what he is made of. While this season has truly been a microcosm for Wheeler — inconsistent with flashes of potential — Saturday was another chance...
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The Mets announced prior to Saturday afternoon’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals that outfielder Michael Conforto has been activated from the disabled list. In a corresponding move, New York has placed outfielder Brandon Nimmo on the disabled list with a partially collapsed lung. Conforto, 24, went 3-4 with two singles, one double, one run scored and one RBI in a rehabilitation game...
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Zack Wheeler’s 2017 season has been a mixed bag, but he will get a chance to work through it, as the Mets currently have no plans to limit the right-hander’s innings this year. Wheeler, 27, missed two seasons after undergoing Tommy John surgery and the plan all along was to keep him on an innings limit as the team got deeper into the season. Currently sitting at 70 innings tossed,...
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