Jack Voigt played in parts of seven big league seasons with stops in Baltimore, Texas, Milwaukee and Oakland before transitioning to a coach. He managed the Single-A Frederick Keys in the Orioles organization in 2002 before being hired in 2006 by the Mets as a scout. From 2007 until this past season, Voigt worked as the Triple-A coach in the Mets organization and became an outfield/baserunning...
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Jeurys Familia, RHP Player Data: Age: 28, B/T: R/R, Free Agency: 2019 2017 Primary Stats: 26 G, 24.2 IP, 2-2, 4.38 ERA, 3.60 FIP, 1.459 WHIP, 9.1 K/9, 0.0 WAR 2018 Salary: $7.4 million (projected) Grade: Incomplete 2017 Review: Jeurys Familia was involved in a domestic abuse fiasco which ultimately led to the Mets closer being suspended for the first 15 games of the 2017 season. He was...
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Although they were stacked with blue-chip prospects, the Scottsdale Scorpions season came to a close yesterday with a 7-4 loss to the Peoria Javelinas. Despite finishing third in the East League, many Mets excelled during their tenure with the Scorpions. Offense Tomas Nido The only one of the Mets players to not impress in the Arizona Fall League, Tomas Nido completely whiffed on his chance to...
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Wilmer Flores’s season didn’t end quite the way he wanted it to. On Sept. 2 in the second game of a double dip with the Houston Astros, Flores fouled off a ball that hit him in the face, effectively ending his season. He finished his year hitting 18 homers and driving in 52 runs while hitting at a .271/.307/.488 clip with a 106 wRC+, .331 wOBA, .217 ISO and .270 BABIP in 362 plate...
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The Giancarlo Stanton rumors are finally starting to get legs. Signs that the winter is progressing are upon us! The Mets will have some 40-man roster decisions to make this weekend, rosters are required to be set by Monday night. Latest Mets News The Mets signed Matt Purke to a minor league deal. Purke has had injuries in the past and was in the minors for 2017. He held lefties to a...
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New York Mets assistant general manager John Ricco was on SNY talking the state of the team Thursday night and one thing that was discussed in-depth was the teams awful defense in 2018. Ricco on the topic, “We have had several decent players, but as a group I don’t think we valued it as much as we need to.” The Mets as a team in 2017 had a major league worst -73 defensive runs...
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