Tuesday, September 1, 2020 • 7:35 p.m. Oriole Park at Camden Yards • Baltimore, MD RHP Ariel Jurado (0-0, -.–) vs. RHP Asher Wojciechowski (1-3, 5.13) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM The last several days for the Mets have been interesting: – Saturday: lose a close game against the Yankees that the Mets tied late – Sunday: lose a game in extra innings that they had a 7-2 lead going into...
The New York Mets made a couple of trades right before the 4:00 p.m. deadline, as they tried to bolster the roster for a playoff push. In need of some bullpen help, New York swung a deal with the Baltimore Orioles to acquire veteran reliever Miguel Castro. In exchange for Castro, the Mets sent top pitching prospect Kevin Smith to Baltimore along with PTBNL or cash according to MLB.com’s...
On Monday, we wrapped up MMO’s 2020 Top 30 Prospects with shortstop Ronny Mauricio leading a group that most outlets have in the bottom half as a farm system overall. There’s certainly upside in the Mets system, but most of it comes from younger players in the lower levels of system that has been weakened with trades over the last 16 months. Here’s the Top 30 ranking that the...
The Mets welcome the Nationals to St. Lucie today at 1:10 p.m. with Steven Matz set to start the game after being delayed a few days with flu-like symptoms (which also knocked out Guillorme for a few days and now McNeil). So if you were looking for baseball as an escape from virus talk, sorry! Last Night: The Mets had another night spring training game! It was also the second night game that...
The New York Mets announced on Saturday that they have re-assigned Kevin Smith, Ryley Gilliam, and Adonis Uceta to minor league camp. Smith, 22, had 4 2/3 innings in spring training this year in which he allowed four earned runs (five total) and five hits while he struck out three batters and walked two. Gilliam, 23, tossed four innings this spring for the team in which he allowed five runs and...
No. 11 Kevin Smith, LHP B/T: R/L Age: 22 (5/13/1997) Height: 6’5″ Weight: 200 lbs Acquired: Drafted in the 7th round of the 2018 MLB Draft ETA: 2021 Previous Rank: 13 2019 Stats: 3.15 ERA, 1.256 WHIP, 3.0 BB/9, 10.0 K/9, 3.23 FIP After an impressive debut season, Smith experienced his first big test in 2019 with his first full season in professional baseball. Smith has certainly...
Baseball America put out all of their Top 30 prospect lists on Thursday as they continue to grow their extensive minor league coverage. Before diving into the list, remember that Baseball America ranked the Mets overall system 25th out of 30 teams last week. They have the Mets with two top 100 prospects, No. 66 Ronny Mauricio and No. 67 Francisco Alvarez. Ronny Mauricio – SS Francisco...
Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets officially announced RHP Rick Porcello’s one-year contract with the team on Monday. During a conference call with the media, Porcello said, “This is a big deal for me. I grew up a lifelong Mets fan as a kid. To get the opportunity to play for the organization that I cheered on for so many years is a huge honor.” Latest Mets News The $57...
Kevin Smith has been in the New York Mets’ organization since June of 2018 when the team selected him in the seventh round of the MLB Draft out of the University of Georgia. The left-hander started his minor league career with the Brooklyn Cyclones where he impressed many over a span of 12 appearances (three starts). In that time, he recorded a 0.76 ERA and 0.761 WHIP to go along with 10.6...
