With the recent news that shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera looks to be ready for opening day in Kansas City, the Mets will have to decide on who they’re bringing north with them, and who’s heading back to Vegas to start the year. That final roster spot seems to be narrowed down to Matt Reynolds and Eric Campbell, both names Mets fans are familiar with over the past few years. Although I believe that...
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Today’s game between the New York Mets and the Washington Nationals has been rained out in Viera, Fla.. Meanwhile back at St. Lucie, Mets right-hander Matt Harvey pitched in a minor league game on Saturday morning. He allowed six runs (five earned) in 3 1/3 innings pitched. Harvey was done after 71 pitches. “I think the biggest thing was just getting our pitch count up,” Harvey...
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Ruben Tejada has agreed to a one year major league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals as first reported by Jennifer Langosch of MLB.com. The deal will pay Tejada $1.5 million dollars and includes no other bonuses. The former Met infielder has reported to the Cardinals’ Spring Training complex where he took and passed a physical to make the deal official. Tejada will soften the blow of...
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In Friday night’s game against the Nationals, Juan Lagares, who has spent a majority of time in center field in his major league career, got the start in left field while Yoenis Cespedes played in center. Lagares has started 127 games in left field in his professional career. However, most of them came in his time with Double-A Binghamton as well as spending time playing left field in...
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New York Mets third baseman, David Wright made his Grapefruit League debut on Friday during the Mets 12-7 loss to the Washington Nationals. going 2-for-3 with two singles and a run scored. Wright spoke with reporters after the game and told reporters it felt good to get back on the field and play in a real game with his team. “Three at-bats, got a play at third, ran the bases,”...
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We continue our top 30 prospects with #’s 20-16. When these were written over at MetsMinors.net, the prospects were given their own posts, but we’ve decided to display all of them together in order to save some time. In these five, Jacob Resnick did three, and I did two. Without further ado, here are numbers 20 to 16: No. 20 Akeel Morris, RHP Age: 11/14/1992 (23) 2015 Level: New York...
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