The New York Mets made a couple of key roster decisions on Saturday. Per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, Tommy Hunter has been informed that he is going to make the Mets’ Opening Day roster. The righty had a contractural out that he could have exercised if he wasn’t added to the 40-man roster. However, the 36-year-old will now begin the 2023 season in the bigs. The move will become...
Starling Marte was selected seventh in MLB Network’s top ten right fielder rankings. The Mets outfielder was only chosen behind Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts, Bryce Harper, Kyle Tucker, Ronald Acuña Jr. and George Springer at the position. The list was capped off with Teoscar Hernández, Fernando Tatís Jr. and Hunter Renfroe. The 34-year-old was everything the organization could have asked for...
At long last, the 2022 Topps Pro Debut was released on September 30th. First released back in 2010, Topps Pro Debut is one of several products Topps releases that strictly feature minor league players. Over the years, Topps Pro Debut has found itself with a much earlier release date on the calendar, but its September release date represents the set’s latest release date. Like the flagship Topps...
In February, during early camp at Port St. Lucie, Mets top prospect Francisco Álvarez told reporters that his goal for the 2022 season was to make it to the big leagues. Well, he’s done it. Three months before Álvarez proclaimed that goal, he turned 20 years old. Coming into spring camp, the young catcher didn’t have an at-bat above A-Ball in the Mets system. Those two factors...
AAA: Columbus Clippers (8-3) 10, Syracuse Mets (1-9) 1 BOX SCORE Carlos Rincon – 1B: 2-4, R Khalil Lee – CF: 1-3, 2B, RBI, BB Wyatt Young – SS: 1-3, BB It was a relatively lackluster day offensively for the Mets, as the team scored one run on five hits. Carlos Rincon hit a pair of singles in this game, and scored in the top of the 6th inning on Khalil Lee’s RBI double....
AAA: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (4-1) vs. Syracuse Mets (1-4) Syracuse’s game was postponed for the second time in their opening series against the RailRiders due to inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday, June 8. The Mets will begin their next series at Columbus on Tuesday, April 12. AA: Hartford Yard Goats (2-1) 10, Binghamton Rumble...
On April 5, 1983, Tom Seaver started on Opening Day at Shea Stadium for the New York Mets. “The Franchise” had returned, after an exile in Cincinnati that had lasted almost six years. The Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies that day by a 2-0 score, but that was anti-climactic. More than 46,000 fans packed into the old ballpark in Queens to watch their favorite son return to...
The New York Mets took care of the Washington Nationals by a score of 4-2 at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, FL today. Led by some timely hitting and solid pitching, the orange and blue were able to stave off the pesky Nationals from any late inning rally. Taijuan Walker made his 2022 debut after his winter surgery and pitched two solid innings to open the game. Outside of a sun-induced dropped...
As Major League Baseball and the Players Association continue to work out the kinks of the Collective Bargaining Agreement since the lockout ended, more proposals were made by MLB on Saturday. According to Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic, MLB made multiple proposals regarding sign stealing which would bring forth stricter guidelines on the common practice. The first major proposal from MLB is that...
