The Mets signed Jonathon Niese at the perfect time early last April, inking the left-hander to a five-year extension worth just over $25 million. The contract the two sides agreed to kept Niese a Met for his final pre-arbitration years (2012), all three of his arbitration years, and at least one year of free agency. …
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Baseball America released their annual top 100 prospects list yesterday, and it included three Mets.Zacl Wheelr was the highest-ranked Met coming in at number 11. Travis d’Arnaud was ranked 21st and Noah Syndergaard 54th. Wheeler was fifth among right-handed pitchers, while d’Arnaud was second among catchers. This list was surprising, at least when it comes …
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A new report by T.J. Quinn and Mike Fish of ESPN uncovers new names linked to the controversial biogenesis clinic in Miami. Among the names are top Mets outfield prospect Cesar Puello. Documents obtained by ESPN indicate that both Puello paid the clinic $1,000 last March. Puello is a client of ACES, a sports agency …
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Johan Santana‘s 2012 statistics look awful at first glance. No, they are awful. His 4.85 ERA and 1.33 WHIP are both his worst since becoming a starter. That, combined with the fact that Santana missed the last two months of the season might have you down on the 33 year-old lefty. But when you look …
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A source tells ESPN New York’s Adam Rubin that the Mets may look to trade Justin Turner towards the end of spring training. More from Rubin: The source also would not rule out Turner, who has an option remaining, starting the season at Triple-A Las Vegas — although Turner would be an expensive minor league …
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Despite being linked to him numerous times throughout the offseason, it is “really, really unlikely” that the Mets sign Jose Valverde, a team source told Adam Rubin of ESPN New York. It is possible that the Mets may need one more piece for the back end of the bullpen, but their hesitation with Valverde makes …
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