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The Mets selected outfielder Nick Morabito with the 75th pick in the 2022 MLB draft Sunday. The selection came at the end of the second round as a compensation pick for Noah Syndergaard. Morabito was ranked the No. 91 draft prospect by MLB and No. 82 by Baseball America.

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The Mets claimed infielder Gosuke Katoh off waivers from the Blue Jays and assigned him to Triple-A Syracuse, the team announced Saturday. Katoh, 27, was originally drafted by the Yankees in the second round of the 2013 draft. As Michael Mayer pointed out, current Mets general manager Billy Eppler

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MLB has proposed an international draft in CBA negotiations, according to an article by Anthony Castrovince of MLB. The draft would be in place of the current signing system, which, as outlined by Castrovince, has Latin American kids making verbal commitments to baseball organizations as young as 12 to

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Arizona Fall League The Salt River Rafters took a 3-2 loss to the Mesa Solar Sox on Friday. Mets pitcher Colin Holderman threw a scoreless inning in the effort, improving his ERA to 11.37. A pitcher named Wilmer Flores started for the River Rafters, giving up two runs in

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Right-hander Tylor Megill will start for the Mets in their game against the Braves on Wednesday, as Anthony DiComo of MLB was the first to report. The news comes after Marcus Stroman had to depart early on Tuesday, potentially another hit to an already depleted rotation. It also comes

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The Mets announced their non-roster invitees to spring training on Saturday. The first name that might jump out at people is Tim Tebow, whether for good or for bad. But besides the Tebow experiment continuing on, the Mets are including a handful of their top prospects. This includes Ronny

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The Mets have traded starting pitcher Steven Matz to the Toronto Blue Jays for prospects Sean Reid-Foley, Yennsy Diaz and Josh Winckowski. Our very own Michael Mayer of Metsmerized and Mets Minors was the first to report that a deal was happening. Diaz, a 24-year-old right-handed pitcher out of

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The Major League Baseball international free agency signing period begins today, and the Mets are projected to sign a bunch of players in the $100,000 to $600,000 range. Teams that received a Competitive Balance Pick in Round B of the 2020 MLB draft are given a pool of $6,431,000,

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The Mets announced on Wednesday that right-handed reliever Jacob Rhame has been claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Angels. In a corresponding move, 23-year-old right-handed reliever Ryley Gilliam was added to the Mets’ player pool. Their pool now stands at 51 players out of the maximum 60. Rhame

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The Mets made a slew of signings on Monday, which was to be somewhat expected given that they only submitted 45 out of 60 potential players in their pool on Sunday. Two of the additions were re-signings of players who the Mets released after the abbreviated spring training in

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