Michael Conforto participated in a minor league game today and gave us a reason to think he will be back with this team sooner rather than later. Conforto hit two home runs with both being off left-handers. The first came off Mets top prospect David Peterson and the second came off Daniel Zamora, who was acquired in the Josh Smoker trade with Pittsburgh. The 25-year old says he is...
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The Mets are likely set to go with an eight-man bullpen to start the 2018 season. Based on merit, there are two pitchers that do not deserve to join the others on Opening Day: Hansel Robles and Rafael Montero. Robles is a lot less complicated than the latter, mostly because the Mets do actually have the option to send him to the minors. The 27-year old has been abysmal this spring, allowing 12...
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Good morning New York Mets fans, enough of the snow, Opening Day is eight days away! The Mets have their last off day of the spring today, but Matt Harvey took the mound against the Cardinals yesterday. The Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 8-7 at Roger Dean Stadium. Matt Harvey turned in yet another very impressive start, and the Mets offense was lifted by some key home runs....
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Multiple sources have reported that the Baltimore Orioles have signed starting pitcher Alex Cobb to a four-year, $60 million deal pending a physical. The 30-year-old held out for a multi-year deal while many of his counter parts settled for one or two-year deals. He even turned down a four-year, $48 million deal from the Cubs earlier this offseason in order to wait for what he felt was a fair...
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Mets right-hander Matt Harvey built off his strong performance from Thursday, limiting the Cardinals to just one run over 5.1 innings on Tuesday afternoon. “He is where he needs to be,” manager Mickey Callaway said. “He is throwing the ball over the plate, a great athletic delivery and he knows his stuff is good.” Harvey sprinkled five hits and punched out five Red Birds before handing the ball...
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The Mets announced Tuesday that they have optioned infielders Gavin Cecchini and Luis Guillorme to minor league camp. Additionally, they have also re-assigned Matt den Dekker, Jose Lobaton, Drew Smith, A.J. Griffin, Corey Taylor, Matt Purke, P.J. Conlon and Ty Kelly to minor league camp. Cecchini and Guillorme both had impressive springs, with the latter going 11-for-36 (.306 average, .447/...
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