On a conference call this afternoon, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said that the team doesn’t expect right-handed pitcher AJ Ramos back anytime soon. Ramos, 31, was placed on the disabled list on May 28 with right rotator cuff tendinitis, and is deciding between surgery or taking the more “conservative route” back. In 28 games for New York this year, Ramos had a 6.41 ERA,...
Sandy Alderson has made it pretty clear that New York Mets are looking for the bullpen to be far more dominant this upcoming season than it was in 2017. The first move that the Mets GM did to help ensure that was by trading prospects Merandy Gonzalez and Ricardo Cespedes to the Miami Marlins for closer AJ Ramos. Jeurys Familia pitched in only 25 games this past season due to a suspension and...
Baseball America released their mid-season ranking on the Mets top 10 prospects. The list goes as follows: Amed Rosario Dominic Smith David Peterson Justin Dunn Andres Gimenez Tomas Nido Thomas Szapucki Brandon Nimmo Merandy Gonzalez Chris Flexen The first two are expected and have been one-two in any Mets prospects rankings since the start of 2016. David Peterson at three was a little...
UPDATE July 24: The interview was conducted prior to Jordan being placed on the disabled list on July 7. The article itself was then written just a few days after it was announced that he was placed on the 7-day disabled list, and still with very little information on the specific injury. In a text with Jordan, he revealed that he did have a small, small tear in his UCL, and ended up getting a...
Binghamton Rumble Ponies (29-18) 5, Trenton Thunder (33-18) 3 Box Score David Thompson 3B: 2 for 4, RBI, R, .228/.290/.329 Kevin Kaczmarski RF: 2 for 4, RBI, .290/.383/.381 Champ Stuart CF: 1 for 4, 2B, RBI, .193/.281/.294 Matt Oberste DH: 2 for 5, RBI, R, .255/.341/.369 The Binghamton Rumble Ponies took the early 1-0 lead in the second on a run scoring single from third baseman David Thompson....
Binghamton Rumble Ponies (9-8) 4, Akron RubberDucks (8-11) 1 Box Score Champ Stuart RF: 2 for 3, 3 SB, 2 R, BB David Thompson 3B: 1 for 4, HR, RBI, R Patrick Biondi CF: 2 for 4 The Binghamton Rumble Ponies took the rubber game of the Akron RubberDucks series by a score of 4-1 Wednesday. The Rumble Ponies jumped to the early lead in the first inning with some small ball. Champ Stuart led off...
