A pleasant good afternoon, Mets fans! We’re in day three of our rumor roundup as the trade deadline approaches, and we have another team vying for Manny Machado. The Boston Red Sox, per Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun, have been in contact with the Baltimore Orioles about a potential deal for the All-Star shortstop, just a day after we had learned that the New York Yankees had been...
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Mark Feinsand of MLB.com wrote a fantastic article that is well worth reading yesterday detailing a list of eight candidates that could potentially take the GM role for the Mets next season, with Sandy Alderson no longer in command. Here are the candidates he listed and some tidbits of stuff he noted within that. John Ricco The first name on the list comes as no surprise. As we all know, he...
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Amed Rosario has been disappointing for much of the season this year for the Mets on a number of levels. His offense has been poor with a .242/.286/.368 slash line and only four home runs and 22 RBI to with it, while his defense has been extremely disappointing as he has -10 DRS and a -2.8 UZR. Nonetheless, the trait that might be the biggest shocker of all early in his young career might be the...
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Joel Sherman of the New York Post wrote an article yesterday in which he got the opinions of other league executives about whether or not the Mets would trade any of the four starters on the market, in Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz, and Zack Wheeler. The one believed to be off the table is Jacob deGrom as one executive said, “They are not talking deGrom. They are not trading...
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Drew Gagnon started for the Mets last night to make his long-awaited MLB debut at the age of 28. The right-hander started off his major league career with a strikeout of Cesar Hernandez and got through a 1-2-3 first inning. However, things quickly went south for him in the second as he allowed a single and a hit-by-pitch and then allowed Maikel Franco to hit a three-run blast to left field to...
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St. Lucie Mets (34-51) 5, Charlotte Stone Crabs (43-43) 1 Box Andres Gimenez SS: 3-5, 2B, 3B, R, 2 RBI, .281/.349/.434 T.J. Rivera DH: 2-5, R, RBI, .211/.263/.474 Luis Carpio 2B: 4-5, 2B, R .217/.287/.340 Recovering Major-Leaguer T.J. Rivera led the charge for the Mets as his eighth-inning RBI gave the Mets their third run. Andres Gimenez and Luis Carpio also had strong games as the Mets top...
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