David Wright is on Fire, just not for the Mets

The Mets’ face of the franchise David Wright is absolutely tearing the cover off of the ball for Team USA at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) and New York surely likes what it sees. Wright is hitting a ridiculous .438/.526/.750 with 1 HR and 10 RBI in 16 at-bats for the red, white and blue. [...]

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The Mets’ participation in the WBC, or lack thereof

The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is underway, with first round action completed in Fukuoka, Japan and Taichung, Taiwan. Cuba, Japan, Chinese Taipei and the Netherlands have advanced into the next round and there is much more excitement to come. Faces familiar to MLB fans such as Chien-Ming Wang, Andrelton Simmons, Roger Bernadina and Kazuo Matsui [...]

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Will this be Dillon Gee’s year?

It’s far too early in Spring Training to get excited about one start, but there is nothing wrong with being optimistic. On Sunday, Dillon Gee pitched three strong innings for the Mets in a 6-4 loss to Miami. Gee looked a little amped up to begin the game, throwing several pitches high in the strike [...]

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Predict the Mets’ Opening Day roster

The Mets open up spring training with a game against the Nationals on Saturday, which will begin the turning of the wheels in the mind of manager Terry Collins. He’ll have his first look at his team in a game scenario and has a month to decide on the roster he will begin the regular [...]

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LaTroy Hawkins an NRI who may last the whole season

While examining the non-roster invites on the Mets’ official website you may notice there are quite a number of players who have a legitimate shot at making the club out of spring training. Veteran arms such as Scott Atchison and Aaron Laffey have MLB experience and could help in the team’s bullpen. Despite missing two [...]

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Backup backstop battle: Anthony Recker v. Landon Powell

As an overabundance of Michael Bourn rumors float around in the minds of Mets fans everywhere, the team will see pitchers and catchers report to spring training in less than a week. Pending any new additions, the Mets have spots on the opening day roster available, which should create healthy competition between players for the [...]

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Why Gavin Cecchini is someone to watch

Since Matt Harvey was promoted last year, all of the hype in the Mets' farm system has been around Zack Wheeler. Then, after the big trade with Toronto, suddenly prospect hounds for the Mets had three new promising guys to focus on in addition to Wheeler. So a player who could be experiencing some buzz [...]

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Juan Centeno is among nine NRIs for the Mets

Every spring, players across all of Major League Baseball fight for a spot on a big league squad.  Some of these players have a high salary; others are top prospects and than there are the guys who just need a job. The latter usually come in the form of non-roster invites that have a higher [...]

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Mets OF options besides Scott Hairston

The Mets have been linked to free agent outfielder Scott Hairston all off-season and so far, the two sides have been unable to agree to a deal. The Mets could use the offensive punch Hairston provided the team last season. The outfielder smacked 20 home runs – which was good for third best on the [...]

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Where will the pitching come from for the Mets?

Despite a flurry of off-season moves by teams all over the Majors - some more surprising than others – the Mets are the only team in MLB that has not signed a single free agent to a Major League deal. They committed to franchise player David Wright by signing him to a $138 million contract [...]

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