According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Mets minor-league outfielder Tim Tebow broke the hamate bone in his right hand. Tebow will have surgery on Tuesday and will likely miss the remainder of the season. Tebow, 30, just participated in the Eastern League All-Star Game. He was hitting .273 with six home runs on the season for Double-A Binghamton before the injury. A hamate bone break generally puts...
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On Saturday, the Mets traded their closer Jeurys Familia to the Oakland A’s for two prospects and $1 million in international bonus pool money. William Toffey, 23, was ranked the No. 17 prospect in Oakland’s system according to MLB Pipeline, while Bobby Wahl, 26, was not ranked. Wahl is having a strong year pitching in the Pacific Coast League, and Toffey was drafted in the fourth...
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Las Vegas – Peter Alonso, 1B Age: 23 Week Stats: .261/.357/.739, 3B, 3 HR, 8 RBI Season Stats: .275/.402/.547, 16 2B, 3B, 24 HR, 83 RBI With Dominic Smith being sent down to Las Vegas, Alonso was going to effectively go head-to-head against his main competition for first base at the Major League level. Alonso responded by having his best stretch in Las Vegas while him not only hitting for...
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3 UP 1. Team Still Cares Perhaps it is because this is the Subway Series, but we really have not seen quit in these Mets players. Noah Syndergaard was boasting before his start against the Yankees, and he largely backed it up by getting the win. We saw Pat Roessler and Asdrubal Cabrera get tossed from a game because of their arguing balls and strikes. Mickey Callaway sent out a rested Seth Lugo...
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According to Matt Ehalt of the Record, Mets’ outfielder Yoenis Cespedes will visit a foot specialist as well as Dr. David Altchek this week as he considers surgery on the calcification in his heels. Co-general manager John Ricco acknowledged that the Mets knew Cespedes had a heel issue when they traded for him and re-signed him. It was in his medical report, Ricco said prior to Monday’s...
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In recent weeks, the Mets have said they want to have a quick rebuild, they want position players, and they want to get more athletic. That’s ideal but you’re not going to do that by trading rental players like Asdrubal Cabrera and Jose Bautista. As we saw with Jeurys Familia, the rentals won’t get much in return and that is before we factor in the Mets not wanting to eat...
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