With the St. Lucie Mets coming back in town this past weekend, to face the Fort Myers Miracle, I set out a few weeks ago to try and land an interview with one of their players. My first thought was since I picked second baseman T.J. Rivera as my first MMN Player of the Week honoree, it would be really cool to chat with him about the great season he has been having in High-A. I reached out to...
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Providing the weather clears, the New York Mets will run out another rookie this afternoon: lanky center fielder Matt den Dekker. This kid can fly and run down a ball in the gap with anybody the Mets have, but is a slow study at the plate. Den Dekker’s opportunity comes in the aftermath of the trade of Marlon Byrd to Pittsburgh. A capsule of den Dekker’s production was last year when he hit .340...
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Although Daisuke Matsuzaka started the game effectively with only one run through four innings, he racked up 90 pitches and burned out in the fifth inning where he was tagged for three runs before his departure. Matsuzaka was removed after 110 pitches, but only 66 of them were strikes. He walked four batters over his short time on the mound, contributing to his high pitch count and overall...
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New York Mets 2013 first round pick (11th overall) Dominic Smith, has been promoted from the Gulf Coast League to the Appalachian League and will join the Kingsport Mets immediately. ESPN’s Adam Rubin initially mad e the announcement, noting that the lefthanded slugger has been promoted at a pivotal time in the K-Mets season and just in time for the league playoffs. Kingsport has just...
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“We all want to win as many games as possible, but my job is to match the short term with the long term,” he said. “We felt this was in our best interest.” That’s what Mets general manager Sandy Alderson had to say to reporters before tonight’s game, in response to trading catcher John Buck and outfielder Marlon Byrd. Sandy added that second base prospect Dilson Herrera as well as a...
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Phillies vs Mets • 7:10 PM Cole Hamels (5-13, 3.62) vs Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1, 9.00) Starting Lineup Eric Young, Jr. – LF Juan Lagares – CF Andrew Brown – RF Ike Davis – 1B Josh Satin – 3B Wilmer Flores – 2B Justin Turner – SS Travis d’Arnaud – C Daisuke Matsuzaka – RHP Game Preview The Mets snapped their losing streak and broke up an interesting news week (Harvey’s injury,...
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