Mets Minors: Michael Fulmer and other traded Mets prospects

Arizona Diamondbacks Traded RHP Addison Reed to New York Mets; St. Lucie Mets Traded RHP Miller Diaz to Visalia Rawhide and Binghamton Mets Traded RHP Matt Koch to Mobile BayBears. Miller Diaz – Diaz spent the better part of six minor league seasons starting for the Mets making stops in the VSL, DSL, GCL, APP, [...]

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Gut Reaction: Yankees 11, Mets 2 (9/20/15)

It was a fitting ending to a rotten sports day, as the Mets dropped the rubber game against the Yankees, 11-2, in front of a national TV audience on ESPN's Sunday night game. The Mets held a 1-0 lead before it all fell apart in the sixth inning. An inning earlier, Juan Uribe left the [...]

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Michael Conforto is shining on the big stage

With most of the Mets starting lineup being made up of some new faces, veterans and homeruns, it has been easy to overlook the body of work Michael Conforto has provided the Mets this season. It started when the Mets were struggling offensively. The team could not put crooked numbers on the board, and the [...]

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Noah Syndergaard should be in playoff rotation despite recent struggles

Noah Syndergaard gave up a homer in the first inning that put the Mets in an early hole and another in the sixth inning, which sealed a loss Saturday. In his last seven games, Syndergaard has a 5.09 ERA and has allowed 9 HR in 40.2 IP. Despite this recent struggle with the long ball, [...]

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Gut Reation: Yankees 5, Mets 0 (9/19/2015)

Shut out for the second time in three games, the Mets offense is struggling to put up runs at the moment. Yoenis Cespedes has just two in his last 27 plate appearances, and the starters have allowed 15 runs over the last 22.2 innings pitched for an ERA of 6.08. At a moment when the [...]

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Noah Syndergaard may be predictably unpredictable

Rookie Noah Syndergaard has had a good if unspectacular debut for the Mets this season. He’s got an ERA of 3.39, a FIP of 3.34, a K/9 of 9.64, and his B/9 is an even two. The results have been somewhat uneven, though, and he’s had a few clunkers. What’s really interesting is how his [...]

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Where does Travis d’Arnaud’s breakout leave Kevin Plawecki?

Travis d’Arnaud has just over 200 at bats this season for the Mets and has put up an OPS (on base percentage + slugging percentage) of 911. To put that into perspective Buster Posey’s OPS is around 880 although he has stayed healthy and on the field far longer than d’Arnaud. Simply put d’Arnaud has [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Yankees 1 (9/18/15)

The Mets got back to their winning ways by taking the opener of the latest installment of the Subway Series by a 5-1 score. The Nationals and Marlins were going to extra innings, so right now the magic number is eight. If you like bombs, this was a game for you. Lucas Duda, Daniel Murphy [...]

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Wilmer Flores and Ruben Tejada give Mets a strong offensive shortstop

Following the 2014 season, the Mets had two big holes that they had to address: SS and LF. The big move of the offseason was to import outfielder Michael Cuddyer. The solution at short was to hand the position over to Wilmer Flores. Midway through the 2015 season, these decisions looked really bad. But a [...]

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