According to multiple sources including Anthony DiComo of MLB.com and Mike Puma of the New York Post, the Mets plan to have Jose Reyes and Wilmer Flores take reps in the outfield this spring. Yoenis Cespedes, Jay Bruce, Juan Lagares, and Brandon Nimmo will be the four full-time outfielders on the Opening Day roster. With Michael Conforto being injured, the Mets are in need for some outfield...
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New Mets manager Mickey Callaway held a Spring Training press conference in Port St. Lucie on Tuesday and addressed several key points, many of which were regarding the state of the pitchers. “If we don’t do something special with this group, then it’s on me,” he said, showing how confident he is in the team. Here are five things we learned from the skipper: He’s excited about his...
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Former ACES employee Juan Carlos Nunez went to jail for his role in the Melky Cabrera fake website and PED case in 2012. Now, he has filed a bombshell lawsuit against Seth and Sam Levinson of ACES, alleging that not only were they aware of PED use, but directed players on how to obtain PEDs. Mets pitcher Jeurys Familia is a client of ACES and says he never received PEDs from Juan Carlos Nunez or...
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During his tenure with the Mets, Rafael Montero has proved to be the cat with nine lives. He survived several roster crunches this offseason, as New York cut Josh Smoker, Chasen Bradford and Matt Reynolds before him. This cat will likely have another life in 2018. As Mike Puma of the New York Post notes, Montero is out of minor league options, so unless he has a catastrophically bad spring, he...
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What a roller coaster of a tenure it’s been for Asdrubal Cabrera in a Mets uniform. New York wanted to bump him off shortstop last season, to which he requested a trade out of town. Then, he retracted his statements and said he was content being with the Mets as the team exercised their club option on him. He was set to be penciled in as the Opening Day third baseman in 2018, but when the...
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They missed it by just one home run… In 1987, Mets right fielder Darryl Strawberry crushed a career high 39 home runs in what was arguably the best season in his career. Second on that team was Howard Johnson, who in his first taste as a regular player belted 36 home runs. Newly acquired left fielder Kevin McReynolds would hit 29 homers in his first of six seasons with the Mets. Just one...
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