Most everyone when they talk “Mets” and “trades” usually discuss the bad ones. We’ve heard them all: Seaver to the Reds, Ryan-for-Fregosi, Dykstra and McDowell for Juan Samuel. But the Mets have been the beneficiaries of transactions and here are five of the best in the team’s 60-year history. 5. Donn Clendenon from the Montreal Expos On the verge of...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets officially announced their 2022 coaching staff Friday. Joining Buck Showalter will be Glenn Sherlock as bench coach, Jeremy Hefner as pitching coach, Eric Chavez as hitting coach, Wayne Kirby as first base coach, Joey Cora as third base coach, Craig Bjornson as bullpen coach, and Jeremy Barnes as assistant hitting coach. Hefner is the only returning coach. The...
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Tommy Pham Position: OF Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 3/8/1988 (33) Traditional Stats: 155 G, .229/.340/.383, 24 2B, 15 HR, 49 RBI, 14 SB Advanced Stats: 1.4 WAR, 13.9 BB%, – 5 OAA, 103 OPS+, 47.6 HardHit% Rundown Tommy Pham was drafted in the sixteenth round of the 2006 MLB Draft out of Durango High School in Las Vegas. His minor league career was hampered by injuries and he didn’t make his...
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Sadly, it’s easy to forget or lose excitement about one or more of the thrilling acquisitions owner Steve Cohen and new GM Billy Eppler made just a little while ago amidst the darkening cloud of this distasteful lockout. But when, not if (in the spirit of optimism) baseball returns, not only will we have Max Scherzer, Starling Marte, and other new additions to the roster, rotation, and bullpen,...
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The New York Mets today announced their 2022 major league coaching staff. Glenn Sherlock will join the staff as Manager Buck Showalter’s bench coach, Eric Chavez will serve as hitting coach, Wayne Kirby as first base coach and outfield/baserunning instructor and Joey Cora will serve as third base coach and infield instructor. Craig Bjornson joins the staff as the bullpen coach, while Jeremy...
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It’s that time of year folks! Prospects lists have started to trickle out for the 2022 season and I finally had the chance to put mine together. The Mets farm system has three top 100 prospects (the top 3 on my list) according to the recently released Baseball America list, though both Mark Vientos and Mattew Allan saw time on their previous top 100 list well. The Mets farm system saw...
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