New York Mets legend, Mike Piazza will be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame on July 24th of this year. Ahead of that date, Piazza recently went to tour the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and spoke about his feelings on being elected with John Kelkis of Fox Sports. ”It’s a little overwhelming,” Piazza said. ”You kind of feel like the race is over. It all starts to hit...
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Dan Farnsworth of Fangraphs continued the site’s team by team prospect lists on Tuesday with the New York Mets. You can see the list below, along with their placements on last year’s rankings. LHP Steven Matz (7) OF Desmond Lindsay (N/A) SS Amed Rosario (3) SS Gregory Guerrero (N/A) 1B Dominic Smith (9) SS Gavin Cecchini (14) RHP Marcos Molina (10) OF Wuilmer Becerra (NR) SS Luis...
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The New York Mets and New York Yankees played to a 4-4 tie in a ten-inning game at Tradition Field on Wednesday afternoon. The Amazins headed into the ninth inning up 4-2, but left-handed reliever Antonio Bastardo coughed up a pair of bombs to the Yankees to even the score and hand Bastardo a blown save. Jacob deGrom got the start for the Mets and he held the Yankees to one run on five hits,...
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The New York Mets will battle the New York Yankees this afternoon in sunny Port St. Lucie. RHP Jacob deGrom makes his spring debut for the Mets and he’ll oppose RHP Ivan Nova for the Bombers in what should be a sold-out Tradition Field. First Pitch is at 1:10 PM. Also slated to pitch for the Mets are . Right fielder Curtis Granderson, who was battling a case of pinkeye, has resumed wearing...
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Every so often you might peruse through the Mets minor league statistics, see who’s on a hitting streak, latest pitching highlights, or how the teams are faring in the standings. I for one love to go on MiLB.com and dissect some minor league numbers, as all of us try to predict who might have a future with our beloved ball club. Which makes me wonder, why do some players that clearly have...
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New York Mets third baseman David Wright has yet to play in a Grapefruit League game and probably won’t until next week in order to ease him back. Despite that, the Mets captain is confident that he will be ready for Opening Night. “You’re still talking about a long ways away,” Wright said a day after manager Terry Collins said that Wright is nowhere close to playing...
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