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Adam Rubin of ESPN NY writes that Terry Collins hinted at Matt den Dekker, as well as Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Andrew Brown, opening the season in Triple-A Las Vegas’ outfield, along with Cesar Puello. The Mets, as of now have an outfield set up with Curtis Granderson in right, Chris Young in center and Eric

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Update 6:12 pm Bobby Parnell‘s next Bullpen session will be delayed due to a minor injury. Adam Rubin of ESPN NY writes that Parnell,  injured his left quadriceps muscle covering first base during a drill on Thursday and he was not outdoors with teammates for this morning stretching. Pitching

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Photo Credit: Jeff Roberson/AP Anthony DiComo of MLB.com writes that Jeff Walters, in his first big league camp at age 26, sits among the inner circle of favorites to make the Mets’ Opening Day bullpen. Walters may not have the star power of a Matt Harvey or a Noah

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Keith Law of ESPN listed Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud among his top twenty impact prospects for 2014, but says he is “the archetypal GWH player” — Good When Healthy. D’Arnaud can catch, throw, and hit for power, but has to stay on the field. The Mets don’t have a heavy-use backup on the

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Mets have been in Port St. Lucie almost a week now and they have been busy not only catching up with old and new teammates but also working on commanding their skills for a new season. The Mets Twitter page has done a great job in keeping us fans

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Las Vegas 51′s new pitching coach Frank Viola spoke to Adam Rubin of ESPN NY on Wednesday and explained how he understands the responsibility and pressure he will face coaching a lineup that may include Noah Syndergaard, Rafael Montero, Jacob deGrom and Jenrry Mejia. Viola shared a little humor with Rubin about the upcoming season in Vegas, “It could be the

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Dustin Lawley, 24, is one of the prospects in big league camp, but after a great 2013 campaign where he hit 25 home runs with 92 RBIs, and was named the Florida State League player of the year, there really hasn’t been much mention of him. Lawley was also

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Update 3:20 pm: Sandy Alderson spoke with ESPNNewYork.com and gave some more information about a tweet from Mike Puma of the NY Post that  he wanted to remain with the Mets as GM for two or three more years. “That was a guess on the part of the writer and the source,”

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Terry Collins strongly hinted that Wilmer Flores seems destined for a Triple-A start unless he can work his way into an infield position, reported ESPN’s Adam Rubin. Something that doesn’t seem likely. I think with what we have on the infield — you know what? — if he’s not going to get a

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Adam Rubin writes on Tuesday that pitching prospect Cory Mazzoni will get consideration for the Opening Day roster as a reliever, Terry Collins reiterated Tuesday. Last season, Mazzoni, 24, started 12 games and was 5-3, with a 4.36 ERA, and 74 strikeouts in 64 innings for Binghamton (AA). His

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