The Mets made it official on Friday afternoon that top prospect Francisco Álvarez is a big leaguer. The Mets announced they selected the contract of Álvarez from Triple-A Syracuse, placed Darin Ruf on the injured list with a neck strain, and designated left-hander Alex Claudio for assignment. Álvarez is batting seventh as the designated hitter in his major league debut vs the Braves on Friday...
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The New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves are set to begin an electrifying three-game series on Friday night. Both teams are on pace to win 100 games in the regular season, something that is very rare for two teams to accomplish in the same division. At one point, it looked as if the divisional race was over when the Mets held a 10.5 game on June 1. But the Braves have stormed all the way back to...
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Mets fan, an all-new episode is here! This week Mike and I are joined by MLB Pipeline and SNY’s Jacob Resnick for some great conversations about Eduardo Escobar’s heroic night against the Miami Marlins, preview the biggest series of the season against the Atlanta Braves, postseason expectations for Jacob deGrom, Francisco Alvarez’s strong finish at Triple-A, and more! After a...
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On August 2, 2022, the New York Mets traded J.D. Davis along with prospects Carson Seymour, Thomas Szapucki, and Nick Zwack. for then San Francisco Giants 1B/OF/DH Darin Ruf. It was a trade widely panned at the time due to the prospect overpay. However, this is the type of trade where if the Mets won the World Series no one would really care about the overpay. The converse to this is naturally...
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In February, during early camp at Port St. Lucie, Mets top prospect Francisco Álvarez told reporters that his goal for the 2022 season was to make it to the big leagues. Well, he’s done it. Three months before Álvarez proclaimed that goal, he turned 20 years old. Coming into spring camp, the young catcher didn’t have an at-bat above A-Ball in the Mets system. Those two factors...
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The Mets came into the 2022 season with high hopes and have clinched their ticket to playoff baseball. The last stretch of the regular season will see them battle it out until the end against their divisional foe the Atlanta Braves. After such a successful season, it would be almost a let down for the Mets not to win the NL East, something they have not done since 2015. For them to do, they will...
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