Major League Baseball has announced the 2024 rosters for the All-Star Futures Game. The Mets’ representative on the National League roster will be their 2023 second round pick Brandon Sproat. (The Mets also drafted him in 2022 but failed to sign him.) The Florida Gator product has had an incredible start to the season with the High-A Brooklyn Cyclones and Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies....
In this series leading up to the MLB Draft on July 17, we’ll look back at the backgrounds of some notable Mets picks prior to their arrival in the big leagues. Last week was the franchise’s all-time home run leader, Darryl Strawberry. Next is someone who is moving up that list at a rapid pace. Before he became Pete Alonso the Polar Bear, he was Peter Alonso the Gator. Alonso received...
Spring Training 2021 is officially under way. Mets pitchers and catchers reported Wednesday to Clover Park in Port Saint Lucie and position players are scheduled to report on Monday. However, there will be one non-roster invitee and a very popular and well-known player missing when position players report, and that is fan-favorite, Tim Tebow, who on Wednesday announced his retirement from...
