It’s spring cleaning in Queens. A little late perhaps, but Sandy Alderson made the biggest shakeup up the season after today’s 8-4 loss to the Marlins, sending Ike Davis, Robert Carson, and Mike Baxter down to Triple-A Las Vegas. Davis’ struggles at the plate and on the field have, of course, been very well-chronicled. Davis …
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Well, it was a nice run. OK, not really. The Mets finally ended the Rick Ankiel experiment today, demoting him after a dreadful two weeks. Ankiel has been struggling at the plate the entire season, but has recently began striking out at a ridiculous rate, striking out three times in four at-bats today. It looks …
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What a swing… Really, his swing reminds me of some major leaguers right now. It’s smooth and natural. This is why the Mets picked him where they did, as opposed to a low ceiling college bat, which may have fit their immediate needs, but would not be the best for the long-term future. The Mets …
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The Mets once again stuck to younger players in the early rounds of this year’s draft, picking three high schoolers in the first three rounds. Here is a roundup of the first five rounds of the draft. * * * With their first pick, the Mets selected Dominic Smith 11th overall. Smith, 17, …
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Who’s Hot Rafael Montero, RHP (BIN): Montero makes this list once again with another spectacular week for Binghamton. Every week it seems he is getting closer to big league-ready. The right-hander tossed 13 shutout innings this week over two starts, allowing just nine hits and three walks while striking out 12. That brings his total …
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Series Preview: Mets at Marlins Tonight, the suddenly-streaking Mets begin a three-game series with the lowly Marlins down in Miami. While it appeared early on that the Mets and Marlins would be “battling” for last place in the NL East, the gap between the two teams has widened considerably. The Marlins are by far, the …
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Series Preview This year, for the first time ever, the Mets and Yankees will be playing a four-game series with two games in Queens and two in the Bronx. After complaints from fans and new changes to the schedule this year, Bud Selig was forced to shorten these marquee interleague rivalries from six games to …
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Who’s Hot Rafael Montero, RHP (BIN): Montero has had an incredible season and had an incredible two starts this week. After being called up to make a spot start for Las Vegas, Montero shut down the Iowa Cubs, limiting them to two runs on four hits in seven innings. Going back to Binghamton later in …
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Sandy Alderson told reporters today that the organization will limit top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler to 180 to 185 innings this season, likely meaning he will have to go through an end-of-season shutdown, similar to Matt Harvey last year. Alderson said the organization prefers to add no more than 30 innings per year to a …
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In a recent interview with Matthew Cerrone of MetsBlog, ESPN’s Buster Olney talked about the free agent market, specifically how the Mets will have to approach the offseason in order to land some of the best players on the market: For example, take Shin-Soo Choo, who is a free agent this fall. I think the …
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