Author: Rob Piersall

Mets No. 2 Prospect Peter Alonso to Play in All-Star Futures Game

New York Mets No. 2 prospect, first baseman Peter Alonso, will participate in the All-Star Futures Game on July 15, according to Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Twitter. Alonso, 23, has split this season between Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Las Vegas, where he has launched 18 homers and driven in 67 runs while hitting .290/.422/.538. The Florida native was drafted by the...

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Bautista Returns to Toronto a Productive Player — For Mets

Jose Bautista, who has been a bright spot for the Mets this season, is set to return to Toronto on Tuesday, where he enjoyed a decade of premium success. Now 37-years-old, Bautista originally went to the Blue Jays from the Pittsburgh Pirates midway through the 2008 season, and two years later, he established himself as one of the premier offensive threats in the game. His last season as Jay in...

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Mets Fielding Offers For Wheeler, Who Wants to Stay in New York

Mets’ right-handed pitcher Zack Wheeler is 100 percent healthy for the first time since 2014. He missed all of 2015 and 2016 after undergoing Tommy John surgery, and returned last year but missed the latter half of the season with weakness in his right arm. Now in good health, Wheeler has ramped up his game, pitching to a 3.26 ERA in June and clocking in at 99 mph on the radar gun. This...

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Jose Bautista Has Been Rare Bright Spot For Mets

Jose Bautista stayed on the open market until mid-April this year, after which he finally signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves. He debuted with the Braves in the beginning of May, and overall made 12 appearances with them before being cut on May 20. In 40 plate appearances with Atlanta, Bautista hit just .143/.250/.343 with two homers and five RBI. Upon his release, the Mets wasted...

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Callaway: “I Hope Mets Don’t Become Numb to Losing”

The Mets were able to salvage the final game of their series with the Miami Marlins this weekend, but still remain just a game up from the cellar of the National League East. New York just endured one of the worst months in franchise history, and the worst June, going 5-21 after dropping their series to Miami. Mets manager Mickey Callaway said that through the first half of the season with the...

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