Good morning, Mets fans! The MLB had their first ever 5-round draft on Wednesday night and the Mets selected outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong out of Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles. In other news, commissioner Rob Manfred went on MLB Network prior to the start of the draft to guarantee there will be baseball played this year. Manfred went on to say there will be a counter proposal to...
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The Mets selected high school outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong with their first pick, 19th overall, in the 2020 MLB Draft on Wednesday. The pre-draft rankings had the California teenager as high as 10 (The Athletic) and as low as 25 (Fangraphs). Crow-Armstrong is the third consecutive high school bat taken in the first round by the Mets, following Brett Baty in 2019 and Jarred Kelenic in 2018....
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Major League Baseball responded quickly to the MLB Players’ Association’s 89-game, fully prorated proposal for a shortened 2020 season from Tuesday, confirming the creation of a counteroffer of their own on Wednesday. Per commissioner Rob Manfred’s statements on ESPN Wednesday afternoon, the league is preparing a counterproposal that will “move in the players’...
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Carlos Beltran’s tenure with the New York Mets is one of the most fascinating ones for any player in franchise history. On the field, few players have ever been more productive in a Mets uniform than Beltran. Yet his legacy with the franchise is overshadowed by a few unfortunate moments. No one will ever forget Beltran striking out looking in the 2006 NLCS. Most recently, Beltran’s...
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One thing that the Mets have had through the years are some great starters. If you could pick your dream rotation from these players, who would make up yours? This question may be the hardest one we have discussed so far as there are so many great options, it can be hard to choose. Our dream Mets infield was pretty much a given. There was some debate when it came to our dream Mets outfield. But...
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All of the hard work over the past year by scouting departments across baseball has led up to… something resembling a draft. The 2020 First-Year Player Draft, as we’ve never seen it before, kicks off Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ET. The Mets have the 19th overall selection — it’ll be their only action on Day One before picking up with rounds two through five on Thursday. And...
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