Monthly Archive: February 2013

2013 Mets Projections: Matt Harvey

Despite losing a Cy Young Award winner via trade this offseason, the Met pitching rotation is still arguably the club’s biggest strength. The rotation is built around a few young and talented pitchers, with a more just a few months from the big leagues. The most promising of the bunch is Matt Harvey, who catapulted …

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The Bourn Debacle Was Mishandled By All Sides

The big Mets news from last night was Michael Bourn, who decided not to sign with the Mets. Instead, Bourn signed a four-year, $48 million contract with the Indians with an easily-attainable fifth option year that would bring the total contract to five years and $60 million. Regardless of what you think of Bourn as …

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2013 Mets Projections: David Wright

A year ago, all the talk surrounding David Wright involved his long-term future with the club. A few down years in a row made people start to wonder if we would ever see the David Wright of old (circa 2006) ever again. Would the Mets re-sign him? Would they sell low and flip him for …

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Quick Hits: Ike Felt Fatigued In ’12, Lyon Signing Official, Gee Feeling Good

Baseball is slowly but surely coming back. Pitchers and catchers start to report to camp on Tuesday, and many Mets are already down in Port. St. Lucie working out. The rumors over last-minute signings are heating up, as is talk from the players who have already reported to camp. Here’s what’s happened so far. Ike …

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2013 Up Along First Top 20 Prospects

20. Jack Leathersich, LHP Height: 5’11″ Weight: 205 Throws/Bats: L/R We may be seeing Josh Edgin 2.0 as Jack Leathersich shoots up the ladder. Another college lefty reliever. However, Leathersich is rather unconventional, and has been slightly more successful than Edgin was in his short time in the minors. Although he had a 4.12 ERA over the second …

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2013 Mets Projections: Ruben Tejada

When the Marlins signed Jose Reyes in December of 2011, the Mets were forced to turn to a young, inexperienced shortstop in Ruben Tejada. Just 22 at the time, Tejada was given the enormous (and probably impossible) task of replacing Reyes. No one expected him to make up for the production lost, but the club …

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