Major League Baseball, not unlike the other major professional sports leagues, is largely a copycat circuit. As analytics and other advances in player development change the landscape of the game, the new age mantra is simple: if you can’t beat them, emulate them. The Mets have taken that sentiment to

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Our own Jacob Resnick was in Port St. Lucie on Friday reporting from Mets camp, when he noticed that NFL player Bradley Marquez was in uniform. He played one inning in center field during the intrasquad game. Marquez, 26, was the Mets 16th round pick in the 2011 draft from

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One of the most forgotten high ceiling lottery ticket prospects within the organization is now healthy and ready to shine. The New York Mets drafted right-handed pitcher Cameron Planck in the 11th round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rowan County High School in Morehead, Kentucky. Planck later

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In the 19th round of the 2018 MLB Draft, the Mets selected right-handed pitcher Tommy Wilson from UC Fullerton. The 22-year-old had a strong showing in his pro debut for the short season Brookyln Cyclones. In 22 innings he a 1.23 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 27 strikeouts, and held opponents to

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The New York Mets have released minor league reliever Matt Pobereyko. The undrafted 27 year old right-handed reliever began his career in the Diamondbacks organization and had played in the Frontier League before being signed by the Mets. He had made a strong enough impression on the Mets organization

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Mets General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen has announced top prospect Andres Gimenez will begin the 2019 season with Double-A Binghamton. Gimenez, 20, played the final 37 games of the 2018 season with Binghamton. In those games, he hit .277/.344/.358 with nine doubles, a triple, and 16 RBI. He was

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The New York Mets have announced they will be hosting their final Spring Training workout at the Dome at Syracuse University on March 26. In addition to the players who will be on the Opening Day roster, Mets COO Jeff Wilpon and General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen will be

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With Opening Day a little more than two weeks away, the Mets have begun pairing down their roster to narrow it down to the 25 players who will take the field against Max Scherzer and the Washington Nationals. Officially, Jacob Rhame and Paul Sewald will not be in the

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For a prospect as lauded as Andres Gimenez, his path to the major leagues is relatively unclear. A natural shortstop, the Mets aren’t going to move on from the incumbent at the position, fellow under-25 darling Amed Rosario, anytime soon. While Gimenez has also seen time at second base

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A lot has been said over the last six years about how it made no sense to bring the Mets Triple-A affiliate to Las Vegas. The logistics and just sheer inconvenience of having the Mets farmhands most likely to be called up stashed away out west were not great.

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