The Mets have officially resigned veteran reliever Kyle Farnsworth to a minor-league deal. This news comes three days after the Mets released Farnsworth. This new deal saves the Mets from paying Farnsworth a $100,000 retention bonus, and ESPN’s Adam Rubin reports that it is believed to include an out if Farnsworth

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The Binghamton Mets announced that former B-Met player, Luis Rivera will become the teams new hitting coach for the 2014 season. Rivera is replacing longtime B-Met coach Luis Natera, who was added on Monday to the Major League staff as the new assistant hitting coach. Rivera spent the last

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Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reported on Tuesday that former Cy Young winner Frank Viola is scheduled to undergo open-heart surgery next Wednesday and will be unable to serve as pitching coach of the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s. Viola, 53, had a heart issue detected during his initial spring-training physical. Viola spent

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Photo by MetsMinors.net The Mets traveled to Viera on Tuesday to play the Washington Nationals at Space Coast Stadium with Zack Wheeler facing off against Stephen Strasburg. The Mets quickly scored three runs off Strasburg in the third, but it was all downhill from there as the Mets were defeated by the

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In 1962, I was 13 years old, my current wife Carmen was barely two, President John F. Kennedy was in his first term and the New York Mets were born. I sometimes wonder why I remember the Mets back then, because I really wasn’t a baseball fan that cared

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The Mets were home on Monday at Tradition Field to face the St. Louis Cardinals and Daisuke Matsuzaka was on the mound to face Red Birds pitcher Shelby Miller. Behind a strong pitching performance from Dice-K and timely hitting, the Mets defeated the Cardinals 5-3 and improved their Grapefruit League record to

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Photo by MetsMinors.net Cesar Puello, OF Height: 6’2” Weight: 195 lbs. Age: 22 Bats/Throws: Right/Right Some early 2014 Mets top prospect lists did not have Cesar Puello listed in their top 10. While I guess one could make a valid argument that Puello is not a top 10 prospect in the

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  Mets manager Terry Collins had spoken about the idea of hitting the pitcher eighth on several occasions. On Thursday, he put the idea into practice against the Braves, when he batted Zack Wheeler eighth and Juan Lagares ninth. The result was a 7-6 win over Atlanta. Did the

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The Mets announced on their Twitter page this morning that they have named Luis Natera their new assistant hitting coach, which is a newly created position for the major league club. Only 18 of 30 Major league ball clubs have an assistant hitting coach on their roster and now with the Mets

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Wilmer Flores has been optioned to minor league camp and will begin the season with Triple-A Las Vegas along with Matt den Dekker, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Zach Lutz. The Mets will use Flores at shortstop and second base with Las Vegas to continue to gauge his worthiness, writes Adam Rubin. “I feel good,”

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