Regardless of how many Mets have been chosen to participate in the Midsummer Classic—whether it be five as in 1986 or one as in several years—there’s always the possibility of a moment similar to what’s taken place in the past. In addition to giving additional consideration to Met-hosted All-Star Games, we’re not including the Home Run Derby, so Pete Alonso would have to save a...
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Day 3—the final day—of the MLB Draft begins at 2 p.m., and the Mets will draft Rounds 11 through 20 today. The team’s first two days have been highlighted by top pick Carson Benge, a two-way player who is a better hitter than pitcher. They’ve also drafted arms Jonathan Santucci and Nate Dohm, prep infielder Trey Snyder, and power threats Corey Collins and Eli Serrano III. Day 1 Recap...
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Listen up. The trio of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling earned the best score ever en route to their first ranking at the top of Awful Announcing’s favorite MLB broadcast teams. GKR finished top five each time the web site asked its readers this question (six times in the last 10 years), including a second-place finish last season. More than 13,000 AA readers voted. Some 68...
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JESSE WINKER Position: OF B/T: L/L Age: 30 (08/17/1993) 2024 Traditional Stats: 92 G, 351 PA, .264/.378/.438/.817, 11 HR, 43 RBI, 18 2B, 12 SB, 48 BB 2024 Advanced Stats: 2.2 bWAR, 1.6 fWAR, 134 wRC+, .360 wOBA, .338 xwOBA, .320 BABIP, 13.7% BB%, 21.9% K% RUNDOWN RUN-INs Mets fans are very familiar with Nationals outfielder Jesse Winker, but not due to his strong 2024 season. Before getting into...
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With Day 2 of the 2024 MLB First-Year Player Draft in the books, the New York Mets now have 10 new players in their organization. If there was one common theme to look at with Day 2, it’s that New York leaned heavily on adding collegiate talent. Seven of their eight picks on Monday were college players and they have drafted nine college players in total so far. 3 to the Dohm The Mets...
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The Rumble Ponies pulled off an impressive six-game sweep in their series against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats this past week. Binghamton has been rolling; they are the winners of nine consecutive games and have one of the hottest minor league bats in baseball in Ryan Clifford. Clifford and Luis Moreno, among others, were pivotal to Binghamton’s sweep and were two of the standout players...
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