A little update on the situation… Juan Lagares knee issue is relatively minor, one person briefed on the matter was told. #mets — Adam Rubin (@AdamRubinESPN) December 6, 2013   Original Post Well, Juan Lagares tweeted out that he is headed to NYC to get his knee checked out.

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Joel Sherman of the NY Post reports that the Mets have signed Curtis Granderson to a four-year $60 million contract. This is a very happy day for Mets fans, because finally the organization has made a splash by bringing an impact player to Citi Field.  With the addition of Chris Young

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Since we’ve already covered the 10 best and worst offenses since 1980, and the 10 best pitching staffs since 1980, it’s only fitting that we take a look at the 10 worst pitching staffs since 1980.  While the mid-to-late 80s and into the early 90s were the renaissance of

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Here are the updated stats of the prospects in the various Winter Baseball Leagues. *all stats active as of 12/4/2013 Dominican Winter League Juan Lagares – OF 2013 Winter League – 28 games; (39 for 114), .342/.379/.412, 17 R, 5 Doubles, 1 HR, 16 RBI, 5 SB     Cesar Puello – OF 2013

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The Mets report that they along with SNY and New York Cares will host their 7th annual ‘Warm Up” Holiday Coat Drive on Wednesday December 18th at Citi Field from 9am – 5pm. Additional information from the Mets website about the Coast Drive: Fans donating one or more coats will receive a

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Yesterday, as reported by Steve Adams on MLBTR, the Athletics acquired Craig Gentry and Josh Lindblom from the Texas Rangers in exchange for Michael Choice and Chris Bostick. Gentry is one of the top defensive outfielders in the MLB, but struggles offensively against right-handed pitching. As Steve Adams notes,

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As noted yesterday by the NY Daily News, Andy Martino shares that the Mets will be present at the upcoming showcase for 23 year old Cuban defector Erisbel Arrubarruena who plays shortstop and we all know that at this point the Mets could use a good shortstop to man

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For the purpose of our series of posts, we define the word fringe as any prospects, which we considered, that were absent from MMN’s own Top 40 Prospect lists.  The purpose of the series is to identify prospects that are showing promise above what fans might expect and what their futures will

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After a two week hiatus we’re back to take a look at another top draft prospect and potential future Met. In the last edition we went in-depth with University of New Mexico’s big right-hander Michael Cederoth. This week we’ll look at prep righty Touki Toussaint. Touki Toussaint, Coral Springs

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For the purpose of our series of posts, we define the word fringe as any prospects, which we considered, that were absent from MMN’s own Top 40 Prospect lists.  The purpose of the series is to identify prospects that are showing promise above what fans might expect and what their futures will

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