Baseball’s June Amateur Draft does not get the following or press that the draft in the NFL does. Few fans can name who their’ team’s first or second round draft picks should be, and names selected in past drafts are often forgotten. A look at historical Mets drafts show that it is not so much the failure to draft the correct players, but the failure to sign players drafted...
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New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo is starting his rehab assignment on Thursday night with Advanced-A St. Lucie Mets. He is leading off as the designated hitter. Nimmo was placed on the injured list on May 22 (retroactive to May). He is dealing with stiff neck as well as a bulging cervical disk, injuries that have lingered since mid-April. The injuries likely played a role in his ugly...
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After a 7-0 rout of the Giants on Wednesday to even the series, the Mets went to battle against rookie right-hander Shaun Anderson to try and take the rubber game from the last-place Giants. Anderson was coming off his first big league win against the Orioles on Saturday, when he gave up two runs in seven innings. The Mets got back-to-back bombs from Amed Rosario and Dominic Smith in the first,...
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With the Mets drafting Bretty Baty, Josh Wolf, and Matthew Allan with their first three picks of the draft, we knew the Mets were going to have to go heavy on college seniors in order to make sure the team could allocate their budget to sign their top three picks. We would see more of the same in the final 30 rounds of the draft with the team also picking a few players to try to sign in the...
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Thirty days after undergoing a successful life-saving kidney transplant, former Met Ed Kranepool was on hand at Citi Field this morning along with his entire kidney transplant team. Eddie says he’s feeling good and was in great spirits, even quipping that if the Mets needed a pinch-hitter this afternoon, he’s “ready to go.” Kranepool, 74, was on a waiting list for two...
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Binghamton Rumble Ponies shortstop Andres Gimenez has been placed on the 7-day injured list retroactive to Monday. Gimenez had been plunked on the wrist by Portland Sea Dogs pitcher Dominic LoBrutto. At the moment, the full extent of his injury is unknown, and as a result, there is no timetable set for a possible return. Through 45 games, Gimenez was hitting .232/.305/.333 with eight doubles,...
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