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  The Mets have selected 25-year old righthander Seth Rosin from the Phillies organization. The Phillies surprisingly didn’t protect Seth Rosin who went 9-6 with a 4.33 ERA and 1.22 WHIP last season for Triple-A Reading. Rosin was promising with the Giants with great command and can start or relieve; he led the

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I was watching the NY Mets Press Conference live today from the Winter Meetings and seeing Curtis Granderson sporting his new Mets cap; I gotta tell you, this is very exciting. Sandy Alderson: “We’re looking forward to having Curtis for the next few years.” Granderson: “I’m excited to begin my career with

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Mets GM Sandy Alderson briefed the media last night at the Winter Meetings in Orlando. Here is what beat writers were reporting: Sandy addressed the shortstop situation and said that he is very pleased with Ruben Tejada‘s work ethic this offseason. “It’s quite possible that Tejada will be our shortstop

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The Mets announced yesterday that they non-tendered Omar Quintanilla, Jordany Valdespin, Justin Turner, Jeremy Hefner, and Scott Atchison. Interesting purge by the Mets on non-tender day… The 40 man roster is now at 35 players. Original Post Today is the non-tender deadline and all teams have until 11:59 tonight to decide which arbitration eligible players

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Juan Lagares is an unstoppable force as he continues to wield a sizzling hot bat for Las Aguilas in the Dominican Winter League. Last night, Lagares had two more hits including a home run, two runs scored and two more RBIs. He has lifted his batting average to .384 with a

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Adam Rubin of ESPN New York confirms that minor league first baseman Allan Dykstra has suffered broken fibula in winter ball and is headed back to the U.S., likely for surgery. Dykstra, 26, set career highs in home runs (21) and RBIs (82) and led the Eastern League in on-base percentage (.436) and walks (101).

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  Is it me or is time flying this offseason? I can’t believe that the deadline to protect players from the Rule 5 Draft is already upon us. Tomorrow night at 11:59 PM EST is the deadline for adding players to the 40 Man Roster. I think the Mets

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I swear that over the past two months that Noah Syndergaard is the most talked about pitching prospect in all of baseball. It’s amazing, but everytime I turn around someone somewhere is gushing over the Mets’ prized righthander. While reading Baseball Prospectus, I came across a recent article in which they pointed

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Infielder Ruben Tejada could file a grievance against the Mets over a disagreement about his service time, reports Jeff Passan. You may remember when I brought this issue up when it occurred in September to explain why the Mets still act like a dead broke team, but here are the details as

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I loved hearing what Sandy Alderson had to say about center fielder Juan Lagares yesterday during his interview on WFAN with Mike Francesa. Only one day earlier, I was having a back and forth on twitter with one of my followers who was very concerned that Lagares had just

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