New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson recently sat down for a Q&A with Mark Feinsand from MLB.com. He discussed the 2017 Mets and how they got to this point from way back in 2011. When Sandy Alderson was brought in as the Mets General Manager in 2011, the team was on a stretch of missing the playoffs in five of six seasons under Omar Minaya. Working under a limited budget, Alderson...
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One of the biggest issues for the Mets last year was stolen bases. Now, a considerable amount of the blame in this respect has gone to Travis d’Arnaud, who only threw out 22% of base stealers last season. That’s simply not good, and there is a lot d’Arnaud needs to work on to bring that number back up to the respectable 33% it was in 2015. In fact, the Mets allowed the most...
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Good Morning Mets Fans. The New York Mets take on the Detroit Tigers today at First Data Field with Jacob deGrom getting the start opposed by Anibal Sanchez. The game begins at 1:10 pm E.T. and can be seen on SNY.LATEST METS NEWSJay Bruce continued his strong spring on Wednesday in the Mets 8-7 win over the Boston Red Sox. When he went 2 for 3 with a double, home run, three runs batted in and...
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The Mets played a pair of split squad games this afternoon, losing to the Houston Astros at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches while scratching out a win against the Boston Red Sox at First Data Field. Astros 12, Mets 2 Pitching: Robert Gsellman toed the rubber for this afternoon’s split squad game against the Astros, and allowed two runs on five hits while striking out one before handing...
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The Mets are playing two split-squad games today. The Mets will send Noah Syndergaard to the hill against the Red Sox and Rick Porcello, while the other Mets squad will start Robert Gsellman against the Astros and Charlie Morton. The Mets vs Astros game will begin at 1:05 PM and will not be broadcast on either TV or radio, while the Red Sox vs Mets game featuring Thor will begin at 1:10 PM and...
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Speaking with Marc Carig of Newsday, Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson called reports that he was close to trading outfielder Michael Conforto this offseason as greatly exaggerated. “The notion that we came close to trading him in the offseason is very untrue,” Alderson said “He’s too valuable to us in the long term. He was asked about quite a bit. Never gave it any serious thought.” “I’m sure...
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