The Mets are playing two today! Yesterday they traveled to Jupiter and beat the Cards 10-8 thanks to a powerful 3-run bomb by Dom Smith and a 2-run shot by Luis Guillorme. Both players are fighting for roster spots and have been crushing it so far this spring. The Mets home game vs the Red Sox at 1:10 p.m. can be seen on MLB Network and SNY. You can listen to the road game vs the Astros on the...
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The New York Mets appear to have had a very solid offseason, even if they didn’t do anything quite as flashy or bold as the Phillies’ recent signing of superstar Bryce Harper. While the Mets got a lot of praise for acquiring guys such as Robinson Cano, Edwin Diaz, Jed Lowrie, and Wilson Ramos, one of the more underrated moves they made was signing left-handed reliever Luis...
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The New York Mets have named Al Leiter as a baseball operations adviser for the club and will rejoin the Mets after a near 15 year absence. The team also announced that current Mets’ ambassador John Franco will have expanded duties as also serving as a baseball operations adviser as reported by Tim Britton of The Athletic. Met general manager Brodie Van Wagenen praised Leiter saying,...
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Despite budding prospect Pete Alonso all but penciled in to be the Mets’ Opening Day first baseman, Dominic Smith is attempting to force the Mets hand. Six months younger than Alonso, there was a time when Smith was viewed as the long-term answer at first base. But after under performing in his first go with the big club, a weight fiasco, showing up late to a preseason game last year and...
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While there’s hope the New York Mets’ offense will improve thanks to moves made by general manager Brodie Van Wagenen, this club will ultimately go as far as the pitching staff can carry them. The bullpen is projected to take a huge leap with closer Edwin Diaz leading the way, but the starting rotation is supposed to be among the league’s best for the second straight year. Most...
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Mets middle infielder Luis Guillorme had a rough rookie season with the team. While receiving sporadic at-bats and playing time, he’d struggle at the plate hitting .209/.284/.239 (53 wRC+). This left Guillorme something to prove in 2019. Guillorme has noticeably put work in this offseason. So far this Spring, Guillorme’s hard work this offseason is translating to quality...
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