According to ESPN New York’s Adam Rubin, Mets GM Sandy Alderson has hinted that top pitching prospects Rafael Montero and Jacob deGrom may be ticketed for the bullpen sooner rather than later. “I think we’re at the point where anything is possible,” Alderson tells ESPN. Montero has a 4.31 ERA for Triple-A Las Vegas this season. He’s recently battled command issues...
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With Juan Lagares batting leadoff and playing in center field for a second straight game on Friday night against the Rockies, Eric Young Jr. finds himself on the bench again. “He brought us all in yesterday and said he’s going to do a rotation — some days some guys will be in there, some days you won’t,” Eric Young told ESPN New York’s Adam Rubin. “My...
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The Mets will get an opportunity to even up the series when they take on the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field tonight at 8:40 PM. Zack Wheeler (1-2, 3.99 ERA) gets the assignment for the Mets and will oppose left-hander Jorge De La Rosa (2-3, 5.23) for the Rockies. Wheeler has been hot of late, giving up just six runs with 19 strikeouts over 18.1 innings in his last three starts – all of...
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Earlier today, Baseball America released their Hot Sheet, which highlights this past week’s best minor league performances. For the Mets, outfielder Brandon Nimmo and right-hander Noah Syndergaard made it at #7 and #12 respectively. This is what they had to say about the two: No. 7 Brandon Nimmo, cf, Mets Team: high Class A St. Lucie (Florida State) Age: 21 Why He’s Here: .423/.545/.577...
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Everybody wants to fix the Mets, and it seems that in doing so, we tend to forget the recent past. When articles get written by the New York Times or ESPN’s Adam Rubin we tend to forget that the Mets were on the verge of something truly amazing in 2006. Here’s the truth about the Mets, and it’s one of the reasons I love them yesterday, today and tomorrow. They aren’t the Yankees. They don’t have...
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May 2 The Tigers have agreed to a deal with right-hander Joel Hanrahan, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. Detroit was one of five teams recently reported to have “strong” interest in the highly regarded reliever who is one year removed from Tommy John surgery. Hanrahan, 32, is 22-18 with a 3.85 ERA and 100 saves lifetime, and he had 76 saves for the Pirates in 2011-12 when he made the...
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