Yesterday, ESPN’s Keith Law released his annual predictions for the MLB season (Insider only). Included in those forecasts are his picks to win the major awards. Of all his selections, one will stick out to Mets fans. NL Rookie of the Year: Travis d’Arnaud As loaded as the AL rookie class is, the NL class is shallow, with a few guys given regular jobs but with big question marks over...
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The Mets may not lead the league in many baseball categories, but they do excel in one area. The voices of the Mets SNY broadcast team; Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling, are the cream of the crop. All three were on top of their game in Steve Serby’s Q&A in the Sunday New York Post. Darling was also talking Met baseball this morning on WFAN. Darling was asked to comment about...
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Over the years, we’ve seen Tom Seaver (11), Dwight Gooden (8), Tom Glavine (4), and Johan Santana (4) each make at least four Opening Day starts for the Mets. In 52 seasons, we’ve have had 13 different pitchers with just one Opening Day start on their Mets resumes. On Monday, Dillon Gee joins that group which includes some pretty impressive names. Here are those one-time Opening Day...
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The New York Mets will celebrate the life and legacy of legendary broadcaster Ralph Kiner during an on-field, pre-game ceremony on Opening Day at Citi Field Monday, March 31 prior to the game versus the National League East rival Washington Nationals at 1:10 p.m. The ceremony will include a video tribute and the unveiling of the Kiner commemorative logo above the left field wall. Kiner’s...
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Here is the official 2014 Opening Day Roster for the New York Mets. Starting Rotation Dillon Gee, RHP Bartolo Colon, RHP Zack Wheeler, RHP Jon Niese LHP (Disabled List) Jenrry Mejia, RHP Projected Starting Lineup Eric Young Jr., LF Daniel Murphy, 2B David Wright, 3B Curtis Granderson, RF Chris Young, CF Ike Davis, 1B Travis d’Arnaud, C Ruben Tejada, SS Bench Anthony Recker, C Josh Satin,...
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Update 6:30 PM Rubin (ESPN) was on-hand today when Manager Terry Collins and General Manager Sandy Alderson addressed the decision to demote Daisuke Matsuzaka and name Jenrry Mejia the fifth starter. Collins, who by most accounts was in the Dice-K camp, always favoring veterans, reacted emotionally. “There are some circumstances that are beyond all of our control. As I told [Matsuzaka], it...
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