Speaking with Tim Healey of Newsday, New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen seemed eager to turn the page after a mostly tumultuous offseason in Flushing. Following a litany of dramatic sagas this winter — Carlos Beltran’s historically-short tenure as Mets skipper, the current regime’s now-familiar modus operandi of minimal action on the free-agent market, and most...
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RHP Erasmo Ramirez Position: RHP Bat/Throw: R/R Age: 29 (May 2, 1990) Acquired: Signed a minor league deal with the Mets on January 26, 2020 Whereas many of the 15 non-roster invitees that will attend Mets spring training in the coming weeks have little or no major league experience, right-handed pitcher Erasmo Ramirez has plenty....
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Good morning, Mets fans! It may be Sunday, but we’re that much closer to actual baseball. Here’s what you need to know: Latest Mets News MLB Network ranked Jeff McNeil as the No. 5 third baseman in baseball. When it came to relievers, MLB Network ranked Seth Lugo as the seventh best in the game. On Saturday, Mets’ general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said that we could see both...
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MLB Network ranked the top 10 third baseman in MLB on Saturday and The Shredder had Jeff McNeil as the fifth-best in the game. McNeil, 27, is coming off an All-Star 2019 season in which he hit .318/.384/.531 with 23 home runs and 75 RBI. That gave him a superb 143 wRC+ and 4.6 fWAR. The Shredder’s top 🔟 at the hot corner! #Top10RightNow pic.twitter.com/qlkcACmrvC — MLB Network...
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MLB Network continued their annual series of ranking the top 10 players at each position in MLB on Saturday and The Shredder ranked New York Mets’ pitcher Seth Lugo as the seventh-best reliever in the game. Lugo, 30, had a 2.70 ERA, 2.70 FIP, and 0.90 WHIP to go along with 11.7 K/9 as compared to 1.8 BB/9 in 2019. That gave him a 2.2 fWAR over 61 appearances (80 innings). Coming off 41...
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GM Brodie Van Wagenen said on Saturday that the team might use both Yoenis Cespedes and J.D. Davis at first base during Spring Training. “Really, it’s a matter of having as many players capable of playing multiple positions as possible,” Van Wagenen said as detailed by Tim Healey of Newsday. Before Cespedes got double heel surgery in 2018, the team discussed possibly using him at...
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