The New York Mets have announced that they have placed Dominic Smith on the 10-day IL and selected the contract of Aaron Altherr from Triple-A Syracuse. Tim Britton of The Athletic reports that the injury to Smith is a stress reaction in his left foot. Smith later commented on the matter himself and said he’s felt pain in his foot for close to a week which the MRI he got on Saturday...
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Regardless of how this season shakes out down the stretch, the evident strides taken by the New York Mets’ young positional core will undoubtedly soften the blow of (likely) yet another losing season. Pete Alonso’s missile-like acceleration from highly-touted prospect into the power-laden arctic beast we know today indicates the Mets may very well have themselves a star in the...
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Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the chances of the Mets trading Edwin Diaz in the coming days have “significantly increased” in the last 48 hours, with the Los Angeles Dodgers being one team with interest. That is a big change from the reports prior to that saying the Mets were demanding more than they got in their deal to acquire the right-handed closer this...
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MLB Pipeline updated their top 100 prospects list this weekend and Mets’ first-round pick, Brett Baty, joined the list while two Mets remained and one fell off of it. Baty, 19, was ranked as the 85th best prospect, one spot behind Mets shortstop prospect, Ronny Mauricio. Meanwhile, Andres Gimenez slid far down the list to 94th and Anthony Kay was removed from it entirely. So far in his...
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Saturday, July 27, 2019 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Trevor Williams (3-3, 4.96) vs. LHP Steven Matz (5-6, 4.75) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets look to take the series against the Pirates tonight while the ball club celebrates the 50th anniversary of humankind walking on the moon. On the baseball side, the Mets will try the astronomical feat of focusing on a baseball game...
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With trade rumors swirling around Citi Field like a vortex, one of the principals in the trade talks went out and showed scouts around baseball that he can still throw, and throw hard. Zack Wheeler, who was making his first start since July 7, has been one of several Mets pitchers thought to be on the trading block before the trade deadline on July 31. The Tampa Bay Rays, Milwaukee Brewers and...
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