This afternoon, the Mets made room on their 40 Man Roster by cutting the following five players. Eddie Kunz – A 2007 first round draft selection for the New York Mets Raul Valdes – Signed as a Free Agent with the Mets after the 2006 season. Mike Hessman – Signed as a Free Agent with the Mets after the 2009 season. Jesus Feliciano – Signed as a Free Agent with the Mets...
Read MoreSandy Alderson’s first hire is former Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi as his special assistant, with presumably one of his responsibilities to help implement a “Mets Way,” throughout the organization, beginning with the lower levels of the minor league system. Considering the dimensions of Citi Field, presumably an organizational philosophy will place an emphasis on pitching and defense first,...
Read MoreGood news everyone! According to Adam Rubin, the Mets have exercised his team option for the 2011 season. [tweeted]https://twitter.com/AdamRubinESPN/status/29608973008[/tweeted] I don’t care what anyone else says, but we’re a better team with Reyes than without.
Read MoreThis is kind of an odd post for me. I came across a couple of articles regarding something Adam Rubin said in a live chat he had with Mets fans yesterday. “If I can say it cryptically, I just think the Mets know things that are not circulated and don’t feel comfortable. Sometimes organizations know things that are not widely circulated.” It left a bad taste in the mouth of Mark Healey of Gotham...
Read MoreThe results are in. The great people behind The Fielding Bible, have tallied all their votes and their panel of 10 experts have ranked Ike Davis as the third-best defensive first baseman in baseball, and Angel Pagan was ranked as the fifth-best defensive center fielder. The top choices were as follows and you can read more about the process as well as their insights and comments for the winners...
Read MoreTwo of the bright spot from an otherwise bleak 2010 Mets squad were pitchers Hisanori Takahashi and Robert Alan Dickey. Dickey is eligible for arbitration and Takahashi is a free agent, with the deadline to negotiate with Takahashi fast approaching. When the Mets signed Takahashi, they didn’t really know what they were going to get from the Japanese lefty. However, he pitched so well in...
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