The market for free-agent right-hander Darren O’Day is moving quickly, reports Buster Olney of ESPN, and he already has offers in hand. Olney says the Tigers, Red Sox and Giants are three clubs to have significant interest in O’Day, but he’s not aware if they are among the teams to have extended a formal offer. As for the Mets, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York wrote Tuesday that while they...
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Even though Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia was suspended twice for performance enhancing drugs last season – including a current 162 game suspension that’ll continue into the 2016 season – the New York Mets have not completely ruled out bringing him back next season. The Mets are currently scouting and monitoring Mejia while he’s pitching in the Dominican Winter League and...
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MLB Pipeline has updated their Mets Top 30 Prospects list for the offseason. Here is how they ranked the ten best prospects in the system. The Mets have seen a many of their top prospects advance to the big-league team this past season with over a dozen major league debuts including Noah Syndergaard, Kevin Plawecki, Hansel Robles, Logan Verrett and Michael Conforto. Former first round selections...
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I wanted to update this post in which I argued that the Mets should not trade either of their two young catchers for the reasons I outlined below. The question came up last night at the Boca Raton Hotel and Resort, the site of the GM Meetings. Assistant GM John Ricco was asked if the team was considering dealing one of Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki “Catching is a position where you...
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The winners for the 2015 Rawlings Gold Gloves were announced Tuesday evening. One of the winners is Tigers/Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes. Congratulations to him! Because he spent most of the season with the Detroit Tigers, he won the American League Gold Glove for left fielders. Here is the complete list of the 2015 Gold Glove winners: Catcher: AL: Salvador Perez, Royals (3rd in career, 3rd...
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First and foremost, I’d like to say it has been a wonderful year reading and discussing Mets baseball with all of you here at MMO. It has been an incredible season of roller-coaster emotions and we could sure use some time to unwind and be productive. However, if you can’t find the willpower to distance yourself from baseball talk, then I welcome you to join me in the following...
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