James Loney has been acquired by the Mets in a trade with the San Diego Padres, reports ESPN’s Adam Rubin. The Mets are trading cash considerations for the veteran first baseman. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, first reported that the Mets were scouting Loney in El Paso on Friday. Loney, 32, is batting .342 with a .373 OBP and .424 slugging in 43 games with the Padres’ Triple-A...
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In what was presumably a cost-cutting measure, the New York Mets released Ruben Tejada during Spring Training. As a result, the Mets started the season with Eric Campbell on the Opening Day roster and suspect organizational depth behind him. When Lucas Duda went down with a stress fracture in his lower back, the team’s depth issues were exposed. Campbell has started in 14 of the last 18...
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The Lucas Duda injury coupled with Travis D’Arnaud being already sidelined leaves a gaping hope at the bottom of the Mets lineup. In Tuesday’s loss to Washington, the bottom four of the order were Eric Campbell, Kevin Plawecki, Ty Kelly and the pitcher. You could make the case that those are three AAA bats and the pitcher rounding out the lineup. The Mets options are limited at the...
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As we all await Matt Harvey’s next scheduled start on Monday against the first-place Chicago White Sox, we need to be reminded that we could be left disappointed yet again. Albert Einstein said it best, “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” With that being said, it’s time for Harvey to adjust on the...
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It was Military Appreciation Day at Tradition Field on Thursday night and I was one of the lucky ones who was able to make it out to Port St. Lucie to watch the St. Lucie Mets defeat the Charlotte Stone Crabs 2-0. The game was highlighted by solid pitching, speed and defense (yes, I know Luis Guillorme made a couple of errors) which led the team to victory. Regarding the pitching, the night...
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Ron Darling takes a detailed stroll down memory lane for a night most Met Fans see as one of the greatest evenings in the history of the organization. Darling, however, looks back on it differently. Recall the events with the former Major League pitcher and current SNY analyst as he remembers not only this evening, but some of the events leading up to his fateful start against the Boston Red...
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