Mike Puma of The NY Post writes that Curtis Granderson is excited about the Mets outfield and feels that having youth and experience is a great mix, “It’s awesome,” Granderson tells Puma on Sunday. “You’ve got youth. You’ve got experience, you have energy and you have athleticism. I think that is the main thing you have to have when you’re out there in an outfield.” Granderson looks to join a...
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Marc Carig, Mets Beat Writer for NY Newsday, shared on his Twitter page that Bobby Parnell threw for the second time in the bullpen on Sunday and threw 15 pitches, off the mound, with catcher in front of plate and had no issues. Parnell threw only 10 pitches on Friday with the catcher also in front of the plate, even though Adam Rubin reported on February 10th, that Parnell had indicated that...
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Anthony Dicomo of MLB.com writes that it was not long after Jose Valverde‘s arrival at Mets camp on Sunday that a small crowd of new teammates gathered around the 35-year-old veteran, pulling up chairs. If Bobby Parnell is unable to be ready for the start of the season, Valverde or Kyle Farnsworth can temporarily fill the role, but no matter what the veteran Valverde brings to the Mets, he will...
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Welcome to my annual player projection series. In this series, I will try to take a swing at estimating how each Met will do in the upcoming season. As the results of last year’s projections will tell you, I won’t be too accurate. So much happens over the course of a baseball season that without access to heavy data, (and the time and programming knowledge to analyze it), that even...
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The New York Mets today announced the club will honor legendary Original Met Ralph Kiner throughout the 2014 season. Mets players will wear a commemorative uniform patch on the right sleeve of their jerseys in Spring Training and the regular season. The Mets will celebrate the life and legacy of Kiner during a pre-game, on-field ceremony on Opening Day, Monday, March 31 when the Mets host the...
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Respected MLB reporter Jim Callis put together a list of the Top 15 Prospect Trios in any farm system. The Mets grouping of Noah Syndergaard, Travis d’Arnaud and Rafael Montero ranked 8th overall. Topping the list are Twin’s prospects Byron Buxton, Miguel Sano and Alex Meyer. Here’s what he had to say about baseball’s best prospect trio: Though Buxton rated as the top prospect in the 2012...
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