When we did our Top 30 Mets prospect update it was a no-brainer to have Amed Rosario at No. 1 and Dominic Smith at No. 2. Well now both of them have exceeded the 130 at-bats mark and are no longer considered prospects. The loss of Rosario and Smith from the prospect rankings gives you a look at how barren the Mets system currently is and the likelihood they will be ranked in the bottom 10...
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Game 2 Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals 5:38 p.m. Jon Lester vs. Gio Gonzalez The Nationals will look to play a game of catch up tonight versus the Cubs. On Friday, Kyle Hendricks was able to outduel Stephen Strasburg to give Chicago the early series edge. Game 2 Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:08 p.m. Robbie Ray vs. Rich Hill On Friday, Clayton Kershaw yielded four...
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Every season, baseball fans hear of the players who undergo ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction surgery, more commonly referred to as Tommy John surgery. For the New York Mets, rotation stalwarts such as Matt Harvey, Steven Matz, Zack Wheeler and Jacob deGrom have all undergone their own Tommy John surgeries in the past, joining a growing list of some of the game’s best who have also...
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When you dig deeper than the 56-86 record the Las Vegas 51s produced during the 2017 season, you find that the New York Mets Triple-A affiliate might have been as dysfunctional as the big league club. Pedro Lopez, highly respected by most in the industry, was promoted to be the manager of the 51s to replace Wally Backman. Lopez had previously spent five seasons with Double-A Binghamton, where he...
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According to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag Sports, the New York Mets have hired Tony DeFrancesco to be their new manager of the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s. DeFrancesco, 54, recently decided to move on from the Houston Astros organization after managing their Triple-A affiliate the Fresno Grizzlies for the past three seasons. Astros GM Jeff Luhnow had this to say about DeFrancesco last month, “We are...
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Throughout Mets history, they have rarely had a slugging first baseman. There have been far more seasons of players like Keith Hernandez and John Olerud than there have been “big bats” like Carlos Delgado and Lucas Duda. Certainly, under the Sandy Alderson regime the Mets have trended towards the latter. That was evident when the Mets made Peter Alonso their second round pick in the...
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