Veteran outfielder Carlos Gomez played in a minor league game on Sunday afternoon after being cleared for minors action. I was able to stick around to watch his first at-bat in the back fields at First Data Field before heading over to West Palm Beach. He singled up the middle and eventually came around to score on a Wilson Ramos double. Gomez was playing center field. Travis d’Arnaud was...
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It’s looking more and more like the New York Mets do indeed have a budding star in power-hitting first base prospect Pete Alonso. It seems like each and every hurdle the organization puts in front of this young man has been cleared with feet to spare. After having the carrot of an Opening Day roster spot dangled in front of him and an “earn your way” mantra ingrained in him and...
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Today marked another afternoon of poor pitching for the Mets as they surrendered double-digit runs for the third straight game (Box Score). This was also the second time in three days that the Washington Nationals were responsible for this after crushing them 11-3 on Friday. Pitching It was an outing to forget for Mets pitcher Hector Santiago, who didn’t make it out of the first inning giving up...
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Geoff Hartlieb is in the Pittsburgh Pirate organization playing for its Double-AA affiliate, the Altoona Curve. According to Bill Brink of The Pittsburgh Gazette, Hartleib’s salary is $1,500 per month. He must pay for hotel rooms during away games when his girlfriend accompanies him and he is not paid at all during spring training. On bus trips to away games, he frequently hears his...
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According to Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports, the New York Yankees have “made an offer” to free agent left-hander Gio Gonzalez, but as per Heyman, there seems to be a financial gap holding up an agreement. “Not a great deal of optimism at the moment,” Heyman tweeted. “But at least there’s at least reason to think both sides might want to come together [on an...
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The Mets have fallen to three games below .500 in games that don’t matter as they face the Nationals today in a game that really won’t matter from a starting pitcher perspective. As we’ve discussed each of the last two game previews, the Mets are starting to hide their regulars from the Nationals/Marlins thus Jeurys Familia and Justin Wilson will be pitching in the “B” game today. This means the...
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