By Josh Finkelstein There was a time where Ryan Zimmerman and David Wright were taking the field together for their travel baseball team in Virginia, dreaming about the experience of becoming professional baseball players. As they continued to grow, it was clear that both of them had a strong chance of making that dream become a reality. Wright decided to forego a college experience to reach...
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By Jack Hendon The experience of watching the World Series every fall following the Mets’ run in 2015 is just as interesting now as it was in years past, but the stars of euphoria are still aligned a little more emotionally around this time every October. Something about seeing veterans leave it all out there, young studs make a name for themselves, and pitchers light up the stage in...
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Jeff Passan of ESPN reports that the New York Mets are among the teams pursuing “rising star” pitching coach, Chris Fetter. The New York Yankees have also reportedly interviewed the 33-year-old for their pitching coach vacancy. Fetter has been serving as the University of Michigan’s pitching coach since 2017. Prior to that, he was the minor league pitching coordinator for the...
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With the Arizona Fall League season coming to an end, MLB Pipeline has comprised an All AFL Team. The team has been assembled using both performance and prospect status in their determinations. Taking all of that into account, Andres Gimenez was named as the shortstop. This should come as no surprise as Gimenez led the AFL in both batting average and OPS. He was also fifth in the league in hits,...
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Angelo T asks… Do you think we could acquire Lewis Brinson from the Miami Marlins for Dominic Smith? Josh Finkelstein answers… The Mets definitely need to acquire a center fielder this offseason and taking a flier on someone like Lewis Brinson, depending on the price, probably would be worth it. That being said, with regards to the proposed trade above, Dominic Smith would probably be too...
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The Mets’ defense was abysmal in 2019. Their -93 DRS was the second-worst by a team with a winning record since the stat has been recorded. So, it should be obvious that the Mets need to address this over the offseason. The issue is the Mets don’t have many roster spots to help fix their defense. It’s likely that as many as 10 position players from last season will return to...
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