Tag Archive: Jeurys Familia

Mid-Season Minors Review Part Four: Buffalo Bisons

We are just a little more than halfway through the year for the Mets’ full-season minor league affilliates, so now would be a good time to take a look at how the season has gone so far for each team. We reviewed the Sang Gnats, the St. Lucie Mets, and the Binghamton Mets. Now it’s …

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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: #4

Welcome to the fifth installment of the UpAlongFirst.com official prospect list. Here is number four. 4. Jeurys Familia-  P HEIGHT: 6’3” WEIGHT: 185 THROWS: R         BATS: R BORN: 10/10/1989 COLLEGE: none ACQUIRED: Signed as IFA in July of 2007 Familia has not quite been the picture of consistency when it comes to mechanics in his …

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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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If I were GM: My offseason plan for the New York Mets

NOTE: This plan is without Jose Reyes. I would like to have Jose Reyes back, but here I will be looking at an alternative: life without Jose. First, let’s start with the players with guaranteed contracts for next season: Johan Santana    $24MM Jason Bay              $18.3MM David Wright       $15.25MM R.A. Dickey          $4.75MM D.J. Carrasco      $1.2MM Now, …

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