According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, the Mets do not view rookie catcher Kevin Plawecki as a potential trade chip this season, preferring instead to hang onto him as insurance for regular catcher Travis d’Arnaud. Last week, William Li made a strong case for hanging onto Plawecki, which you can read below. – Joe D. June 2 – Why Kevin Plawecki Should Not Be Traded With...
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Utility man Eric Campbell went into the Arizona Diamondbacks series buried in 0-for-28 slump at the plate, nine at-bats short of matching Rey Ordonez’s franchise record for futility by a position player. But Campbell finally got a hit on Friday to end that skid, and then in Sunday’s game while starting at third base, he hit a two-run homer to help lead the Mets to a 6-3 victory over...
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There are certain names that make Mets fans cringe whenever they hear them. Scott Kazmir is one, as in “How can the Mets trade Scott Kazmir, maybe the best pitching prospect in all of baseball for Victor Zambrano, a mediocre 30-year old pitcher with arm trouble ?” Remember Gregg Jefferies, who seemed to win Minor League Player Of The Year every season on his way to being fast-tracked...
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The Mets today landed four prospects on the Florida State League All-Star rosters. Jeff McNeil and Akeel Morris will play in the game representing the St. Lucie Mets while Michael Conforto and Robert Gsellman, recently promoted to Binghamton, were chosen but will not participate. McNeil, 23, was chosen by the Mets in the 13th round of the 2013 draft, and has consistently hit for a high batting...
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The Mets have several obvious problems that need to be addressed. They are weak defensively, have a horrendous bench and have a hole in their lineup at the hot corner. However, their pitching seems to be problematic as well depending on the angle you look at it. In general, having a surplus of pitching nowadays is considered a good problem. The Mets have five young guns and three veterans that...
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El Paso 15, Las Vegas (30-27) 8 Las Vegas scored four 1st inning runs but the 51’s pitching got knocked around giving up twenty-two hits and five walks and lost for the 11th time in their last 12 games. Matthew Bowman continued his rough year pitching 4 innings giving up six runs on ten hits and two walks while striking out only one hitter. Chase Bradford went 1.2 innings giving up three...
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