Mauricio, Acuña Flashing Power in Winter Leagues

Two games, two homers for Ronny Mauricio in the Dominican Winter League. Thirty games, six homers for Luisangel Acuña in the Venezuelan Winter League. Mauricio, hitting lefty, on Sunday sent a 1-1 pitch over the right-center-field wall to give Tigres del Licey a 6-5 walk-off victory over Leones del Escogido in 10 innings. He is 2-for-10 with a pair of homers and four RBIs in the two games....

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2025 Rule 5 Draft Preview

The MLB Rule 5 draft is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, December 10, at 2 p.m. EST during the Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida. In the 2024 Rule V draft, the Mets selected nobody but lost two players—Mike Vasil to the Phillies and Nate Lavender to the Rays. Vasil would wind up playing for the White Sox and pitched in 47 games, striking out 82 in 101 innings while walking 52 to the tune...

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Free Agent Profile: Eugenio Suárez, 3B/DH

EUGENIO SUÁREZ, 3B/DH Position: 3B/1B/DH B/T: R/R Player Data: Age: 34 (7/18/1991) 2025 Traditional Stats: 657 PA, .228/.298/.526/.824, 134 H, 49 HR, 118 RBI 2025 Advanced Stats: 125 wRC+, 29.8% K%, 7% BB%, .243 BABP, .316 xwOBA, 3.8 fWAR, 3.6 bWAR, -6 DRS (3B), -1 DRS (1B), -3 OAA (3B), -1 OAA (1B) RUNDOWN Going into the 2025 trade deadline, Eugenio Suárez was one of the hottest names tossed...

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Morning Briefing: Pirates ‘Hanging Around’ Alonso Market

Good morning, Mets fans! Pete the Pirate?! Winter Meetings The winter meetings got started Sunday in Orlando and MMO’s Mike Mayer is on hand. He has the scoop on Super Nintendo World. (Spoiler: it is epic.) As for any epic signings or trades, nothing to report on the first day. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale did have lots of Mets tidbits in his column, however, and perhaps the most...

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Former Met Jeff Kent Elected To Hall Of Fame Via Contemporary Ballot

Sunday night, the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee revealed that former New York Met infielder Jeff Kent was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Potential inductees need to receive votes on 75% of the ballots turned in by the 16-member committee. Making up the ballot, in addition to Kent, was Barry Bonds, Roger Clemons, Carlos Delgado, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Garry Sheffield,...

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Statistical Spotlight: Nolan McLean’s Curveball

One of the few bright spots for the New York Mets down the stretch last year was the performance of pitching prospect Nolan McLean. McLean was called up on August 13, and while the Mets only went 19-24 since that call-up, the Mets held a 6-2 record for the games that McLean started. McLean was actually only credited with one loss for his stint in the big leagues, finishing with a 5-1 record....

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