The New York Mets have lost six games in a row. The last two of those have come at the hands of the worst team in MLB, the Baltimore Orioles. Despite some absolutely stellar starting pitching performances, the Mets can’t seem to get their offense going. At all. During this current losing streak, the team’s combined earned-run average is 3.66 and their slash line is .139/.233/.214...
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According to what a source tells MMO, New York Mets right-handed pitching prospect Justin Dunn is being promoted to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies from the St. Lucie Mets. Dunn, 22, is coming off the best start of his pro career when he tossed seven scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts on Monday for St. Lucie. He allowed only two hits and walked just one. The Mets’ 2016 first rounder has a...
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On June 7, 1963, one day after his 19th birthday, Buddy Harrelson signed with the New York Mets to become a professional baseball player. Back in 1963 and 1964 when fringe-major leaguer Al Moran and later, aging veteran Roy McMillan were playing shortstop for the Mets, the minor league system was developing two promising shortstops, one of whom who would hopefully be the long-term heir to the...
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It’s hard to fault the New York Mets for the Adrian Gonzalez signing. The veteran first baseman was a bargain and the first base situation was unsettled after Dominic Smith scuffled last season in New York. Adding Gonzalez was supposed to be an experiment, and that experiment has failed. It’s time to move on. Gonzalez has stepped into the batter’s box 174 times this season — fifth-most on the...
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For the first two months of the season, Asdrubal Cabrera was the Mets’ best hitter — no question. After hitting as high as .356 on April 16th, he hovered around .320 for a long time. On May 29th, Asdrubal Cabrera was hitting .315 and still riding high. It’s now June 6th and he’s hitting .286. He’s playing very poor second base and, recently, been dragging the team...
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“Who is the Mets’ first baseman of the future?” If you asked me that question before August of last year, or even two years ago, I probably would have said Dominic Smith. But since August of 2017, when someone asks me that question, my answer is Peter Alonso. And, lately, I’m not the only one who thinks that. After his call-up on August 11th of last year, Smith was...
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