3 UP 1. Plawecki Emerging With the season(s) long struggles of Travis d’Arnaud, there was an opportunity for Kevin Plawecki to come in, prove himself, and quite possibly supplant d’Arnaud as the Mets starting catcher for now and the future. Plawecki is doing just that. After showing an improved bat in Las Vegas this year, he has continued hitting in his most recent trip to the...
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2018 Guaranteed Commitments Yoenis Cespedes 2017 – $22.5 million, 2018 – $29 million David Wright 2017 – $20 million, 2018 – $20 million Juan Lagares 2017 – $4.5 million, 2018 – $6.5 million Even though they have just three players with guaranteed contracts on the books, the Mets have roughly 45 percent of their current payroll locked into some pretty shaky...
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Recently there has been a swell of support among some of the beat writers for the Mets to give Juan Lagares the everyday job in center field next season. As one might expect, the argument in support of this is essentially that Lagares is a whiz with the glove and provides value to the team even if he doesn’t hit. However, there are also many reasons Lagares should not be the everyday center...
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The New York Mets took the rubber match 6-3 in a meaningless game against Philadelphia and from now until early October, winning is all about morale. An act of God secured a six-inning complete game victory for Mets starter Robert Gsellman who was summoned from Triple-A Las Vegas prior to his fortuitous outing. Wednesday night on a rain soaked Citi Field, the young right-hander who has shown...
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Every baseball team that reaches the playoffs hopes to have a pitching ace that anchors their post season effort, that gives them quality innings to get their championship push off the ground. The Binghamton Rumble Ponies got all that and more last night at NYSEG Stadium from ace right-hander Corey Oswalt. Oswalt, the Eastern League pitcher of the year, threw 7.0 brilliant innings allowing...
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The New York Mets start a four-game series against the Cincinnati Reds tonight and will send Matt Harvey to the mound to face Tyler Mahle. The game starts at 7:10 p.m. and will be aired on SNY. Last night, the Mets won 6-3 in a rain shortened game against the Phillies. The Mets bats came scorching as they scored three runs in the bottom of the first after Asdrubal Cabrera drove in a run on an...
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