As Major League Baseball’s hot stove begins to cool, and bags and boxes are packed and shipped to Spring Training sites across Arizona and Florida, and final touches are made to rosters, the guessing games begin. Ah, projections season. The New York Mets, on paper, are a talented bunch. On Thursday, Bradford Doolittle of ESPN ranked the Metsies’ lineup third-best in baseball...
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Kris Bryant is not Starling Marte. If the Chicago Cubs are dangling the three-time All-Star in trade talks — and if the New York Mets are interested — Bryant is the type of player Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen must meet any demands to acquire. Pittsburgh Pirates GM Ben Cherington was reportedly interested in taking back two of the Mets’ top-five prospects in a deal...
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In the latest episode of Simply Amazin’, Tim Ryder is joined by fellow MetsMerized brethren and long-time friend of the pod, Mets Daddy aka John Sheridan. Tim and MD talk about the Mets passing on Starling Marte, the inevitable implementation of the universal DH and what the game might be losing because of it, as well as where the fans stand on this Mets roster with less than two weeks...
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New York Mets bench coach Hensley Meulens is likely more valuable to this organization now than when he was hired as Carlos Beltran’s bench coach earlier in the offseason. With another first-time manager in Luis Rojas, named Mets skipper last week, now at the helm, Meulens, 52, and the decade of major league coaching experience he brings along makes him an ideal candidate to sit-in as...
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During the second half last season, something appeared to click for New York Mets left-hander Steven Matz. Over his final 14 starts, the 28-year-old southpaw pitched to a respectable 3.52 ERA, but there was more to the story. Despite allowing 18 earned runs over three starts during that stretch (August 2 at Pittsburgh, September 16 at Colorado, September 23 versus Miami; 1.75 second-half ERA...
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