Tuesday, August 22, 2023 • 7:20 PM Truist Park • Atlanta, Georgia RHP Tylor Megill (7-6, 5.53) vs. RHP Bryce Elder (9-4, 3.46) SNY The Mets have the opportunity tonight to take the series from the first-place Braves! The Mets took an early three-run lead against the Braves last night, which the Braves eventually clawed back from. As soon as the Braves took the lead, that familiar, 2023 sense of...
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Written by The Hammer Fan reaction to the Mets’ 2023 sell-a-thon is understandably mixed. There are those who feel the sell-off was necessary, based on the poor team production, and those that feel this team still had a chance to compete for a playoff spot. I tend to fall in the latter category, but it’s also nice to see which of the Mets’ core, upcoming prospects, and Quad-A players...
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On Monday, MLB announced New York Mets minor league infielder Cristopher Larez received a 56-game suspension after testing positive for the performance-enhancing substance Boldenone. Larez signed with the Mets as an international free agent out of Venezuela on January 15th for $1.4 million. The 17-year-old hit .274/.351/.405 with a homer, 13 RBIs, eight doubles, and nine stolen bases in 84...
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Back when Brandon McIlwain was at the University of South Carolina, one would’ve wondered if baseball or football was his true calling. After all, any player who has something in common with Patrick Mahomes and Kyler Murray is an exciting prospect. While McIlwain was never quite on Mahomes’ or Murray’s level on the gridiron, he did put up a solid D1 college football sample...
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There was a period of time when we asked ourselves why it was DJ Stewart that the organization had turned to in a point of desperation. Yes, the Mets’ season wasn’t officially in the toilet just yet, as New York was amidst its largest winning streak of the season, but calling up a 29-year-old Quad-A player to take away potential at-bats from the likes of Mark Vientos was a stretch too far....
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Just about every top prospect in the Mets organization has either been promoted or been recently acquired via trade within the last few weeks, leading to a lot of players having to make a lot of adjustments both on and off the field. Here are the biggest developments from throughout the organization, including monster weeks from Drew Gilbert and Jett Williams, both of whom have thrived in their...
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