Mets unveil All-Star game menu

The resident ball club is still in search of its first pennant, but Citi Field is a home run with Mets fans. The Ebbets Field-style brick and Jackie Robinson Rotunda are a nice change of pace from the bright blue walls of Shea Stadium. All of the seats have great leg room and a fantastic [...]

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With the future underway for Mets, patience is key

Zack Wheeler has made his first two starts for the New York Mets and now it seems as if the future all Mets’ fans have been waiting for is beginning to take shape. All the big prospects that the Mets have been grooming and getting ready for the big leagues are now up in Flushing [...]

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Could Mets buy and sell at the same time?

MLB Trade Rumors (By way of FanGraphs) has come out with some lists of those players most likely to be traded at the deadline.  Within the top 30 of each category the Mets have a total of 8 players listed as being “Likely to be traded.”  Yet you’ve probably heard Sandy Alderson telling people that [...]

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Mets Minors: Cesar Puello making a good case for promotion

I’ve followed the Mets minor leagues for a while and what I’ve found is that every year there are players who make cases to reach the majors but an injury rolls around or they slump and it looks like we might have jumped the gun.  Just look at Travis Taijeron, in his last 5 games [...]

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Human Comparisons To Matt Harvey Are Getting Hard To Find

It seems like the only one that can slow down Matt Harvey is Mother Nature. Harvey took the mound on Sunday afternoon (6/23), threw six innings, struck out six batters, allowed two hits and one walk. It was a passing Philadelphia monsoon – a game delay of twenty-odd minutes – that kept him from lasting [...]

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Mets prospect Cory Mazzoni flies under the radar

The Mets have just finished playing eight road games against the Braves and Phillies and went 5-3 in the process. Ordinarily this would be cause for celebration but in a season mismanaged nearly all the way around, it hardly merits a “woo-hoo!” With fans joining management in punting the 2013 season, instead we look ahead [...]

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David Wright’s comeback as sudden as his decline

  While a lot of attention has recently been paid to the Mets unorthodox methods of promoting David Wright’s all-star candidacy, the much bigger story is that Wright is posting numbers worthy of an all-star in 2013. Only two years ago, it seemed nearly unfathomable that Wright would ever post an all-star caliber season again, [...]

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Mets Short-Season Baseball Gets Underway

The Mets' short-season affiliates got their seasons underway this past week. Those affiliates are, in order from most advanced to least, the Brooklyn Cyclones (New York-Penn League), the Kingsport Mets (Appalachian League), and the GCL Mets (Gulf Coast League). The Cyclones are at the short-season A class-level while both Kingsport and the GCL team are [...]

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