Mets fans, a new episode is here! This week Mike and I are joined by former Rays/Yankees scout and current minor league coach for the Brooklyn Cyclones, Chris Newell. Chris took some time from Mets minor league camp for some great conversations with us about his scouting background and why he transitioned to coaching, what makes a successful player development program, how the Mets are...
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Carlos Carrasco took the mound for his first start of major league spring training as the New York Mets hosted the Houston Astros on Wednesday night at Clover Park. Following a rough intrasquad game start last week, the 35-year-old logged four innings of work against the Astros as he looks to get stretched out before his regular season debut on April 10. Carrasco’s first pitch of the game...
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The old saying goes that the baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. But it took just one game into the 1998 season for the Mets to feel like they had already done a marathon. At least they could celebrate when it ended. In a 1-0 victory over the Phillies that took 14 innings and more than four hours to complete, a Mets catcher supplied the necessary offense. Not Mike Piazza — he was two...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Michael Conforto was supposed to be a hot commodity in the free agent market, however, he is still not signed. Yesterday, Scott Boras (Conforto’s agent) revealed that Michael Conforto injured his throwing shoulder in a workout during the lockout. Boras wanted Conforto to heal the shoulder before talking to teams, hence the delay in his contract negotiations. As Ken...
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The Mets’ offense had been red-hot coming into Wednesday’s matchup with the Houston Astros at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie. New York came into the game off of a 10-0 win over the Marlins on Tuesday, and had scored 21 runs over their last three games. Despite the recent hot streak, the Mets’ bats were kept quiet in a 5-3 loss in 10 innings. Nearly all of the Mets’ offense...
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The biggest mystery of the post-lockout free agency world was the lack of a market for Michael Conforto, the six-year veteran who manned right field for the Mets since the start of his career. Well, according to his agent Scott Boras, that’s of his client’s own volition after injuring his throwing shoulder in a workout during the lockout. According to a report from The...
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