Monthly Archives: March 2015

Spring Training Game 8: Not Too Exciting

The Mets dropped the spring training game 3-2 to the Braves yesterday (does this cue another meeting from Fred Wilpon worrying about the direction of the team?), and there isn’t much to write about, but here are somethings that are … Continue reading

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2015 Projections: Juan Lagares

Today let’s take a look at our amazing center fielder, Juan Lagares. It is difficult to remember that a year ago, the Mets brass still didn’t consider Lagares as a starter, despite his defense. There is talk in the league … Continue reading

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Spring Training Game 7: Overreacting on March 9th

The Mets got trounced yesterday against the Marlins 13-2. Fred Wilpon had a meeting with Terry Collins for about 20 minutes after the game as reported by the beat writers to talk about a variety of topics including concerns about … Continue reading

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Spring Training Game 6: The Mets Play Someone Not in the NL East

The Red Sox made an overnight trip to the East Coast of Florida, starting play with the Mets. This is excellent so we don’t have to see the Braves and Nationals 5,930 times in Spring. Here’s what you need to … Continue reading

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Spring Training Game 5: Mets Beat the Braves

Even in a fake game, it feels good to beat the Braves, hopefully the Mets will make a habit of it this Spring. Here’s what you need to know from this game: Dilson Herrera had another 0-3 day at the … Continue reading

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Spring Training Game 4: Mets Make Late Comeback, Fall Short

The first of the two games the Mets played on Saturday saw them go into a deep hole, and then almost come out of it as the Mets lost 8-7 to the Marlins. Here are key take-aways from the game: … Continue reading

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Where Are They Now: Former Mets In DC

One former Met has made his way to DC, Mike Carp. He was drafted in 2004 and joined a collection of Mets that had similar talents at the time (like Murphy and Jacobs). Out of the group, Murphy went onto … Continue reading

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Where Are They Now: Former Mets in Philly

Two former Mets have gone south on 95 to play for the Phillies: Aaron Harang and Jeff Francoeur, and interesting combination. Aaron Harang made some spots starts for the Mets in 2013, and last year became a critical part of … Continue reading

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Where Are They Now: Former Mets in Miami

Miami! The former home of Jose Reyes! But still the home of three former Mets. First, the most famous one, Jordany Valdespin. Valdespin, the man right now, broke out with the Mets and while he had a lot of energy … Continue reading

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Spring Training Game 3: Harvey Day and Other Notes

The Mets won today. But that doesn’t matter. What matters is Harvey pitched and he looked good. He hit 96-98 mph on the fastball, worked in his slider and curveball and struck out 3 batters over two clean innings. He … Continue reading

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