I found an interesting post on the Bleacher Report, where Mike Rosenbaum writes that Red Sox prospect Garin Cecchini could be Major League trade bait at the Winter Meetings.  The one interesting thing here is that Garin is the older brother of Mets Prospect Gavin Cecchini. Garin was drafted out of

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This came out yesterday, but I didn’t get to write about it — so check it out! This is a nice little honor for Chris Flexen. Chris Flexen of the @KingsportMets was named the @ToppsCards Player of the Year in the Appalachian League. He went 8-1 w/a 2.09 ERA.

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In yesterday’s NY Daily News, Andy Martino writes that the Mets offered Wally Backman a chance to return next year as the Las Vegas Manager and based on sources, he accepted. With the Mets offering Terry Collins a contract extension, it became apparent that Backman would not be offered

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Call me crazy, but I’d like to see Josh Satin hitting cleanup. I think he can hit and be very productive on the Major League level. Yes, he took several years to make it to the majors, but let’s also not forget that his path to the bigs was blocked by David

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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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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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The Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Evan Chambers passed away in his sleep this past weekend as noted in a statement by Pirates GM Neal Huntington. The Pirates signed Chambers in the 3rd round of the 2009 June Amateur draft from Hillsborough Community College (Tampa, FL.). He played in 5 seasons

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The New York Mets have non-tendered reliever Scott Atchison and shortstop Omar Quintanilla according to numerous reports. They were both arbitration eligible. Quintanilla played shortstop for most of the 2013 season hitting .222/.306/.283 on the year. Atchison pitched in 45.1 innings putting together a 3-3 record with a 4.37

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  We are a few weeks away from the winter meetings and while the talk around the Mets have revolved around who we should be acquiring, it is equally important to make quick and effective decisions on the players that will better serve us with another team’s uniform. The

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In the 2010 MLB draft, the Mets chose RHP Jeff Walters in the 7th round with the 212th overall pick. Jeff has been pitching in the Mets system for the last four seasons and in 2013, he progressed to Double-A Binghamton of the Eastern League. On November 20, 2013 he was

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