#15 Ali Sanchez Preseason: Unranked Age: 18 – January 20th, 1997 Signed: 7/2/2013 Bats/Throws: Right/Right The 6 foot, 180 pound catcher was signed out of Venezuela for $690,000 and was ranked by Baseball America as the 25th best international prospect for that July 2nd signing period. He was ranked as the #2 catcher in that class behind Jose Herrera who is also currently playing in rookie...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Andy Love of Fair and Unbalanced My two daughters are the kind of socially conscious, progressive thinking, organic eating, nature loving children that one would expect from being born and raised in Berkeley, California. They are Bay Area kids in just about every way. But when it comes to professional baseball, out of some misguided loyalty to their New Yorker father, they...
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The Mets brought back Eric Young Jr. from the Braves last Saturday for cash and assigned him temporarily to Triple-A Las Vegas. He was hitting .248 with 23 steals in 67 games for Triple-A Gwinnett when he was with Atlanta. According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, once rosters expand next Tuesday, Young is expected to be called up and he is looking forward to rejoining the Mets, who he played...
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The New York Mets continue showing resiliency. After squandering a 6-0 eighth inning lead to 6-4, the Mets acted like a championship team. They put the Phillies away, scoring three runs in the top of the ninth, securing the 9-4 victory. Here are four storylines from last nights victory. 1. Mets Offensive First Inning The Mets did something we haven’t seen them do consistently, even during...
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Michael Cuddyer continued his hot hitting last night in Philadephia where he went 3-for-5 with a home run, double, and 3 RBI in a Mets 9-4 win over the Phillies. In 13 games since being activated from the DL, Cuddyer is batting .369 with four doubles, two home runs, and seven RBI in 39 at-bats. “I feel better, my knees feel better. But it’s also just baseball, you go through hot...
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The Mets (70-56) defeated the Philadelphia Phillies (50-77) by a score of 9-4 tonight at Citizens Bank Park. Pitching: Bartolo Colon got the start for the Amazin’s tonight, and pitched very well, going seven strong innings, allowing zero earned runs on five hits while striking out eight and walking just two. Eric O’Flaherty relieved Colon in the eighth inning, and let up two singles...
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