The beat writers of MLB.com conducted a poll to gauge their early frontrunners for the American and National League Rookies of the Year. While the group has San Diego Padres right-hander Chris Paddack leading the way in the NL (24 first-place votes to New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso’s six) after a little more than a quarter of the season in the record books, these two are pretty much...
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After meeting with New York Mets players and coaches on Monday afternoon at Citi Field, New York Mets general manager gave manager Mickey Callaway a public vote of confidence, assuring the Mets’ media corps that Callaway’s job is safe. “I, the front office, and the entire ownership group [support Mickey Callaway] as our manager,” Van Wagenen said at his press conference...
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The New York Mets had to show up to play on Saturday — not only to keep pace in a still-tight NL East but to keep their manager, Mickey Callaway, off the chopping block for another day. The complete opposite of that scenario played out and the Mets’ offense was utterly lifeless (one hit, three bases-on-balls) in their 2-0 loss to the worst team in baseball, the Marlins (box score)....
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In a vacuum, the surface optics of the New York Mets decision to acquire Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz from the Seattle Mariners this offseason aren’t great at the moment. Top prospect Jarred Kelenic looks like a future star (.315/.400/.537 through 170 plate appearances with Single-A West Virginia) and Jay Bruce has 12 home runs already (and a .185/.255/.496 slash line, but that’s...
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As first noted by Mike Mayer of MMO, New York Mets minor-league outfielder Carlos Gomez was removed from Thursday evening’s Triple-A Syracuse Mets game. With starting right-fielder Michael Conforto set to begin his minimum-seven-day trip to the injured list after suffering a concussion in Thursday afternoon’s 7-6 loss to the Nationals, Gomez could very well be on his way to Miami to...
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