Mets Minors: Allan Dykstra could soon chase Duda from first

At 6’5” and 215 Lbs, Allan Dykstra is a big guy.  Having seen him in person, he stands out in a crowd.  Currently, he’s playing first base for the Las Vegas 51’s and looking like his AA MVP award from 2013 was not a fluke. He’s not related to Lenny Dykstra if that’s what you [...]

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Daniel Murphy in the cleanup spot and optimizing the lineup

On Sunday, Terry Collins did some interesting shuffling of the Mets lineup.  What it essentially boiled down to was he flipped Curtis Granderson and Daniel Murphy in the two and four holes, a somewhat confusing swap.  Collins' reasons for the change were, as Ron Darling put it, strange. He said that he made the change [...]

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Will Vic Black be the Mets closer by season’s end?

The 2014 season didn’t get off to a fast start for Vic Black.  In ten spring training appearances, Black pitched to a 5.79 ERA and 2.46 WHIP in 9.1 IP, a showing that promptly had him demoted to minor league camp much earlier than anyone could have expected.  Fans and upper management envisioned Black as [...]

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