The Mets were back home at Tradition Field after coming from behind to win their first game of the Grapefruit League season on Monday, 6-2 over the Atlanta Braves. Today they faced the Houston Astros with Zack Wheeler opposing lefty Rudy Owens. The Mets started out fast in today’s game with three quick runs in the 1st inning and knocked Owens out from the game. They finished by beating the...
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March 4 MLBPA union chief Tony Clark said the player’s union is aware of the decrease in spending by the Mets and they are watching closely, according to a report by Adam Rubin of ESPN New York. “Let me offer you this: If there are concerns, what often ends up happening is we have an opportunity, along with Major League Baseball, to sit down and discuss perhaps what the game plan...
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MLBPipeline.com met up with Brandon Nimmo and had a mini Q&A with the Mets OF Prospect. MLBPipeline.com: What has it been like in big league camp? Nimmo: It’s been amazing. I told my dad when I got the call, “If it feels like this to get called up just to big league camp, I can’t wait for what it feels like to get called up to the big leagues.” I’m just enjoying this experience and learning...
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Zack Wheeler makes his Grapefruit League debut today at 1:10 PM when the Mets host the Houston Astros at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie. You can watch the game on SNY or listen in on WOR 710 AM. Wheeler was 7-5 with a 3.42 ERA in 17 starts for the Mets last season, but was too often lacking control. He walked 10.7 percent of the batters he faced last season, seventh worst among starters who...
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10:30 AM So right after I published this post, a reader (ThatGuyWhoLeavesComments) leaves this link to a totally spectacular Noah Syndergaard moment. Andy Martino of the Daily News explains: You never know what to make of the quiet ones at first. But when Noah Syndergaard growled an F-bomb at a coach, everyone went “oooh,” and the Mets’ staff agreed: We like this kid; he’s got some fire. It was...
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In an article for MLB.com, Bernie Pleskoff took a look at how the current crop of Mets prospects may fit into the major league teams needs. It’s an interesting topic of discussion and here’s some of what Pleskoff had to say: For this season, right-handed prospect Noah Syndergaard could potentially fill the roll as a fifth starter. Syndergaard, a huge right-hander at 6-foot-6, 240...
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