According to Andy Martino of SNY, the Mets have sent former GM and current talent evaluator Omar Minaya to scout the Yankees’ top pitching prospect, Deivi Garcia. Garcia has been named the Yankees’ first or second best prospect by multiple major outlets, and was recently named the 25th best prospect in all of baseball according to Baseball Prospectus’s Midseason Top 50. After...
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With the trade deadline approaching, the Mets are going to be sellers for the third straight year. Aside from the obvious expiring contracts and Noah Syndergaard, the Mets have some interesting names they could move before July 31. Dominic Smith, 1B/LF: .295/.380/.527, 8 HR, 14 RBI, 1.2 fWAR Smith has been one of the few pleasant surprises the Mets have had this season, but still has no true...
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According to a report from Tim Healey of Newsday, Mets starter Zack Wheeler has been placed on the injured list with right shoulder fatigue. Wheeler is coming off a mediocre outing last Sunday when he gave up six runs in five-plus innings to the Phillies. Wheeler, who is one of the Mets’ biggest trade chips as we near the trading deadline, was given an extra start before the All-Star break...
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3 UP 1. New Half, New Cano? Arguably, the biggest disappointment this year has been Robinson Cano. In the first half, he hit .240/.287/.360 with a -0.9 WAR. With some time off with the All-Star Break, Cano got to rest and come back a different player. In the three games against the Marlins, he was 6-for-13 with a double and two homers. Those two homers are half of his first half total. He also...
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After a lackluster first half, it’s hard to find a New York Mets player with more to prove over the regular season’s last two-and-a-half months than second baseman Robinson Cano. It’s only been three games since baseball has returned from its annual midsummer respite, but the veteran player is playing like he indeed has something to prove. Most of that production came during...
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Over 173,000 plate appearances, 55,695 innings pitched, and 723 players – Those are just some numbers that describe the size of this massive project. With tremendous help from Jacob Resnick and Mojo Hill, we analyzed every MLB team’s draft from 2011-2018 to find out how well the Mets drafted under former General Manager Sandy Alderson. We ranked each team in Baseball Reference’s Wins Above...
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