Big day today as the New York Mets will play two games, two thousand miles apart this afternoon. One squad is in Las Vegas to play the Chicago Cubs at 4:10 PM, and the second squad is at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie at 1:10 PM. Scheduled Starters for the Mets are Dillon Gee against the Twins and Bartolo Colon against the Cubs. Here are the lineups for the 4:10 PM game which will be...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post was told that the Mets haven’t had any substantive talks with Mariners regarding Nick Franklin since the Winter Meetings and that Franklin/Mariners are not on the front burner right now. On Thursday, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reported that the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays are still interested in Franklin who is having a great Spring by the way. Heyman...
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(Photo by David Conde, Metsmerized Online) In last night’s game recap I mentioned that Matt den Dekker may be putting himself back into the family photo in the Mets outfield. Don’t look now but after going 1-for-3, Matt den Dekker is batting .409 (9-for-22) in 13 games with a double, triple, three runs and five RBIs. He’s entering the picture again. Christina De Nicola of Mets.com shared...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Schneck On Wednesday, Kobe Bryant was quoted as calling out the leadership of the LA Lakers for failing to create a winning mentality. He even went as far as to name names and pulled absolutely no punches. Some may say that this was out of line as they are paying him a lot of money, but what exactly does that mean? You bring a guy in and pay him a lot of money as part of a...
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A number of Mets headed west to Las Vegas on Friday for a two game series with the Chicago Cubs. The following is the complete roster of who made the trip to Sin City as announced by the team. Pitchers: RHP Joel Carreno, Bartolo Colon, RHP Cory Mazzoni, Mejia, RHP Rafael Montero, RHP Bobby Parnell, RHP Ryan Reid, RHP Miguel Socolovich and RHP Carlos Torres Catchers: Juan Centeno, Travis...
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(Photo by David Conde, Metsmerized Online) Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal, wrote a great article on how Noah Syndergaard needs to develop a changeup to complete his arsenal and write his ticket to the majors. Despite Syndergaard’s 98 mph fastball and his hook from hell, Diamond says that if the 21-year-old right-hander wants to make the jump from star prospect to star pitcher, he...
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