Sandy Alderson told reporters at Citi Field that David Wright will remain in Los Angeles for several more weeks while receiving treatment on his back for spinal stenosis. (Adam Rubin, ESPN) There is still no timetable for Wright to return and last week Alderson said something ominous about that, “We’re not on the edge of our seats waiting for David to come back at this point.” Wright...
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The New York Mets will finish off their series with the San Francisco Giants tonight at Citi Field as Jon Niese (3-6, 4.46 ERA) takes on Tim Lincecum (6-3, 3.29 ERA) at 7:10 PM. After dropping the first two games of this series to the Giants, the Mets will look to avoid being swept in a three-game series. The last time the Mets were swept in a three-game series by the Giants was June 6-8, 2014....
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Kevin Kernan of the New York Post proposed an interesting trade target in his column today: Reds’ slugger Todd Frazier. Trade proposals for Frazier were flying all over Twitter yesterday. In fact, trade proposals for a bunch of Reds veterans were flying around. The Reds are floundering, and find themselves sitting at 23-29, 5.5 games back of the wild card and 12 games behind in the NL...
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Here are some interesting comments and insights on a few of our top prospects from Keith Law’s weekly chat on ESPN.com. Kevin (NYC): Dominic Smith has been on fire recently at High-A St. Lucie after a rough start. What are your thoughts on him? Do you think the power will come? Obviously he is young for his level. Klaw: I never gave up on him. He can hit and he has power. Heck, he’s...
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The Mets have activated Bobby Parnell and Dilson Herrera from the disabled list, and both will join the Mets for tonight’s game. To make room, the Mets have placed Dillon Gee, whose grandmother passed away, on the bereavement list. Ruben Tejada, whose significant other had a baby today, has been placed on paternity leave. The Mets will be able to hold off on making any more permanent...
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Now that the 2015 First-year player draft has concluded, I felt compelled to update our MMO Top Mets Prospect Rankings that our minor league team composed at the very beginning of the season. Before engaging in this discussion, I would first like to credit fellow MMO prospect writer, Michael Mayer, who helped assemble this list. Interestingly, after years of blue-chip prospects in the upper...
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