In all likelihood, Addison Reed is in his last week as a New York Met. He’s been one of Sandy Alderson’s best moves, and he will be even better if the Mets can deal him for something of value. But as Reed departs, it leaves a vacancy in the closer’s spot. Here’s a breakdown of the least likely to the most likely candidates for the job from the current bullpen group: 7) Josh Edgin As a...
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The Tampa Bay Rays have acauired left-handed reliever Dan Jennings from the Chicago White Sox according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. In return, the White Sox will get former first round pick Casey Gillaspie. The former No. 20 pick from 2014 has struggled this season hitting only .227/.296/.357 in Triple-A. He was ranked as the No. 10 prospect in the Rays system. Jennings has a 3.45...
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New York Mets infielder Neil Walker played third base last night for the Las Vegas 51s. It’s not an entirely new position for Walker who has played 440 games there in his career, but only 15 of those in the majors. Walker played the entire game at third for the 51s on Wednesday night and of course the first Nashville Sounds batter hit one to him. Walker showed nice range to get to the...
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The Tampa Bay Rays are moving closer to acquiring New York Mets first baseman Lucas Duda according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Sherman says it’s not a done deal yet but is gaining momentum. It has been previously reported by Mike Puma and Marc Carig that the Rays were interested in Duda in addition to Addison Reed. The Yankees and Mariners have also shown interest in Duda who...
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Nashville Sounds (49-54) 8, Las Vegas 51s (37-67) 7 Box Score Brandon Nimmo CF: 0 for 2, Run, 3 BB, K, .215/.358/.361 Amed Rosario SS: 4 for 5, 2 Runs, RBI, K, .334/.371/.474 Dominic Smith 1B: 1 for 5, 2 Runs, .337/.390/.524 Huge night for Rosario and has continued to plea the Mets to call him up. Soon Amed, soon. Neil Walker played nine innings at third base and made an error on his first play...
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In his last two outings, Addison Reed has been shaky while converting save attempts. Because it is this time of the year, we begin hearing unnamed scouts critiquing players, like Reed, who are on the trade block. Right on cue, Jerry Crasnick of ESPN reports an unnamed scout is concerned Terry Collins has overused Reed. Now, this is concerning for two reasons: (1) the scout is from one of the...
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