Jenrry Mejia is struggling. The right-handed fireballer was moved to the bullpen earlier this month, a decision made by the Mets front office. Mejia was having success as a starter through the first two months of the season, posting a 1.13 ERA in his three starts with the Bisons, but was moved to the bullpen …
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Links: New Minority Owner, Mejia, Shortstops, Rauch
1-800-Flowers CEO Jim McCann is a new minority owner, according to Newsday. McCann was originally interested in buying the full $200 million stake, but the Mets chose to move forward with David Einhorn instead, a deal that fell through. Ruben Tejada still hasn’t played since a hamstring flareup in a Triple-A game 9 days ago. …
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Sandy Alderson is Handling the System the Right Way
During last night’s rain delay, Sandy Alderson came up to the SNY booth to talk to Gary Keith and Ron in an extensive and interesting interview. Sandy talked about a variety of things- the team’s lack of offense, the David Wright rumors, as well as Ike Davis‘ struggles at the plate- but one thing Sandy …
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Top 12 prospects for 2012: #5-6
Welcome to the fourth installment of the UpAlongFirst.com official prospect list. Here are numbers five and six. 5. Jenrry Mejia- P HEIGHT: 6’0 WEIGHT: 205 THROWS: R BATS: R BORN: 10/11/1989 COLLEGE: none ACQUIRED: Signed as IFA in April of 2007 Despite enough big league experience to no longer be called a rookie, I still …
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Hot 5: Five young players that will make headlines this spring
With pitchers and catchers reporting in just 36 days, it’s time to start talking about names to watch in spring. Spring training may be just a bunch of workouts or a way to ease your body into the rigorous season for veterans, but for unproven young players, it’s their time to shine. Prospects play as …
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The Mets’ rebuilding plan…
Joe Janish brought up a very interesting topic in a piece he wrote in Mets Today the other day, in which he brought up a bunch of questions about rebuilding. It got me thinking of how the Mets are going to rebuild, when, with what, etc… so I decided to do a little research… First, …
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