The 2024 International Free Agency period is officially here, and the New York Mets have signed three of the top 50 players according to MLB Pipeline’s rankings. Ben Badler of Baseball America wrote about the top 50 players ranked by the size of their bonuses. The Mets expected to

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The New York Mets made two more depth adds to their pitching staff on Friday. Mark Feinsand of MLB reports the Mets have claimed right-hander Max Kranick off waivers from the Pirates. Coming off Tommy John surgery, Kranick didn’t pitch in the majors last season and only pitched in

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New York Mets president of baseball operations, David Stearns, has high hopes for many Mets prospects in 2024, including Mets’ outfield prospect Drew Gilbert. Stearns spoke with Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman on the New York Post Sports podcast “The Show” on Wednesday and discussed prospects like Gilbert, Jett

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The New York Mets announced on Wednesday night that they’ve signed right-handed pitcher Yacksel Ríos to a minor league deal with an invitation to big league camp. Ríos, 30, only pitched in three major league games last season for the Oakland A’s. The reliever gave up seven runs in

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The 2023 season saw plenty of Mets minor league relievers take huge steps forward. Anywhere from the Dominican Summer League to Triple-A Syracuse, relievers dominated in 2023 for the Mets. All 2023 Team Members: RHP Paul Gervase, LHP Daniel Juarez, LHP Nate Lavender Gervase, a LSU product, dominated in

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With less than two weeks until International Free Agency for the 2024 class opens up, Ben Badler of Baseball America wrote about the top 50 players ranked by the size of their bonuses. Badler wrote about the top 50 bonuses, with the Mets expected to give out the fifth-highest

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The 2023 Mets minor league season saw a plethora of growth from their starting pitchers. Pitching development helped lead to strong success for a few Mets affiliates, including 2023 Eastern League runners up, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Two starters succeeded at the best rate in the system, and they

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In an effort to continue to add more depth to the to the upper levels of the bullpen, the Mets signed Right-Handed Pitcher, Chad Smith to a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training. Smith has struggled since making his MLB debut in 2022 with the Rockies

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As the calendar year comes to a close, Baseball Prospectus has released their final top 10 rankings for the New York Mets organization. As seen, the rankings heavily feature players recently added to the organization: Based on these rankings, former GM Billy Eppler truly transformed the Mets minor league

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The New York Mets added more pitching depth to their minor league system on Thursday as the organization signed right-hander Victor Castaneda to a minor league deal.  Last season, Castaneda appeared in 12 combined games (one start) in the Tampa Bay Rays organization (Florida Complex League, Double-A Montgomery, and

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