2018 New York Mets first round draft pick Jarred Kelenic made his professional debut this morning for the Gulf Coast League Mets, going 3-for-4 with a triple, RBI and two runs scored. Kelenic, 18, batted third and was the designated hitter. The Wisconsin native signed with New York on June 15 for $4.5 million, significantly under the $5,525,200 slot value for the No. 6 pick. The left-handed...
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Lastings Milledge knows all about growing up with lofty expectations. Selected 12th overall in the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft by the New York Mets out of Bradenton, Florida, Milledge was listed as the best 16-year-old in the country by Baseball America and later ranked as the best five-tool high school talent by the publication. In 2006, and at just 21-years-old, Milledge was thrust into major...
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New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson spoke to the media before last night’s 5-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. One of the many subjects Alderson touched upon was the ongoing trade rumors surrounding the Mets’ top-two starting pitchers, Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard. During his press conference, he was asked about the two pitchers, to which he gave a fairly candid, but...
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A bright spot to Friday night’s 5-2 Mets loss to the Dodgers was Jose Bautista, who stayed hot with a two-run home run. After Asdrubal Cabrera and Wilmer Flores made for the first two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Michael Conforto singled and brought Joey Bats to the dish. Bautista took control of opposing pitcher Alex Wood’s fastball and parked it into the seats in left field....
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Zack Wheeler turned in seven innings and fanned seven batters on Friday night for the Mets. However, the glaring blemish lied in the runs column. Engaged in a pitcher’s duel through the first five innings, Wheeler and Dodgers’ starter Alex Wood matched each other pitch for pitch until Cody Bellinger socked a no-doubt grand slam into the Coca Cola Corner which would prove to be the...
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Reno (34-40) 5, Las Vegas (31-43) 4 Box Score Peter Alonso 1B: 1-3, RBI, BB, K, .273/.407/.318 Patrick Kivlehan RF: 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, .274/.338/.378 Jeff McNeil 2B: 2-4, K, .417/.462/.542 Ty Kelly SS: 2-4, .275/.356/.455 Christian Colon 3B: 2-3, 2B, RBI, BB, K, .295/.350/.453 Colon drew a bases loaded walk with nobody out in the second inning, but Las Vegas failed to score any more runs in that...
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