The Mets look to build off of their 8-5 win on Wednesday against the Athletics in their opener against the Dodgers in Los Angeles tonight behind Jon Niese (7-8, 3.50 ERA) as he takes on Dan Haren (10-10, 4.59) in the 10:10 PM opener at Dodger Stadium. Bartolo Colon has been activated from bereavement list and Gonzalez Germen has been demoted to Triple-A Las Vegas. This could allow the Mets to...
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Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.is reporting that Cuban free agent Rusney Castillo has agreed to sign with the Boston Red Sox for a record six-year, $72 million dollar contract. Congratulations to the Red Sox who by all accounts have gotten themselves a very high-impact player who seems to have chosen a park perfectly suited for his skill set. The Mets were just bystanders on this one so nobody...
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“It’s hard to see how we would actually match up,” a team official told Andy Martino of the Daily News when asked if the Cubs were ideal trade partners for the Mets.. The problem is that neither team is eager to part with its top prospects, and both would require a major haul to do so. In other words, the Mets will likely find the Cubs’ prices too high, and vice-versa. Martino provides two...
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At just 23 years old, it’s hard to imagine giving up on a highly regarded prospect. Still, I believe the time has come for the Mets to move on from Wilmer Flores. Signed at the ripe old age of 16, Flores has progressed slowly through the Mets farm system, racking up almost 3,000 minor league at bats. Over that time, he’s hit .292 with 77 home runs and 869 hits and slashed at a...
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The Los Angeles Angels are currently sitting at the top of the standings in the American League West Division as well as holding the best record in the MLB. However, they have lost two young arms in the last month alone. Tyler Skaggs was the first to go down earlier this month with a partially torn UCL and will require Tommy John surgery, sidelining him until 2016. Garrett Richards, who has been...
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Dear Mr. Manfred, First let me congratulate you on having been elected the next Commissioner of Baseball. I’d like to say I was your biggest supporter but you were my third choice behind Bob Costas and Mike Greenberg. (I also have a soft spot for baseball’s official historian, John Thorn. But John is getting up there age-wise, like myself, and we need some younger legs for that job). I am not...
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