Every so often, teams sign a player to be organizational depth, and that player eventually emerges to be something much more than that. There are several results like this in Mets history. In 1999, Pat Mahomes became a valuable part of the Mets bullpen. Of course, we saw R.A. Dickey go from organizational arm to Cy Young Award winner. What separates each of these players from Drew Gagnon is they...
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After the first month of the season, three of the Mets four full season affiliates are over .500, and it is in large part due to some outstanding performances this month. Here are some of the more outstanding players in the Month of April: Position Player of the Month – Quinn Brodey, OF Affiliate: St. Lucie Mets Stats: .319/.365/.418, 7 2B, 3B, 16 RBI, 3 SB With the 2017 third round pick...
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“He looks like Ted Williams out there.” Now batting .370 on the season, Jeff McNeil keeps racking up hits at a pace rivaled only by the pace at which he is aggregating compliments, such as the above one from teammate Pete Alonso. “I’ll definitely take that compliment,” McNeil responded with a smile. After tallying the fifth four-hit game of his career last night, he has a long way to...
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Baseball seasons are long marathons but sometimes individual games bring important concepts to the table and last nights Met win over the Reds falls into that category. It is so easy to give credit to a team on nights when everything goes right but those games that test their resiliency can usually analyze their ability to be successful and the Amazins’ proved that on this night. It was...
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New York Mets left-hander Jason Vargas put forth an encouraging performance on Tuesday night versus the Cincinnati Reds in what helped the team win by a score of 4-3, despite not getting credit for it. After his 5.1-inning, three-hit, one-run outing, the 35-year-old’s earned-run average is down to 5.75 on the season. Since allowing four earned runs over a third-of-an-inning in the...
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Syracuse (16-9) 18, IronPigs (16-8) 5 Box 2B Danny Espinosa: 3-5, 2 RBI, 4 R, BB .284/.356/.494 3B Adeiny Hechavarria: 3-5, 3 R, 3 RBI .349/.379/.442 SS Luis Guillorme: 3-5, 2 RBI, R, BB .417/.563/.417 I thought the 51s weren’t in Vegas anymore! The 51s poured it on the defenseless Iron Pigs, scoring a season-high 18 runs. Every member of the starting lineup, sans Rene Rivera, got a hit....
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