Your Sunday dose of New York Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
After Jose Valverde allowed another home run, Kyle Farnsworth is now the new Mets closer.
John Lannan has accepted his assignment to AAA Las Vegas.
Bartolo Colonswinging a bat is everything we could've hoped for, really.
Jon Heyman reported that the Mets are expected to receive a 2013 Pirates draft pick in return for Ike Davis. Who could the PTBNL be? Here are some of the possibilities.
Mets pitching prospect Matt Bowman appears to be a #TrueSABR.
Yesterday At AA
Chris McShane looked back at Ike Davis' Mets career.
Around the NL East
The Nationalslost to the Cardinals as Bryce Harper was benched for not hustling. The Marlinsbeat the Mariners 7-0 as Henderson Alvarez shut #6org down. And the Phillieslost to the Rockies 3-1.
Around the Majors
ESPN has the story of Yasiel Puig's journey from Cuba.
There have been 20 Tommy John surgeries in the last year.
Add Ivan Nova to that list, as he was diagnosed with a partially torn UCL.
A camera guy fell while recording JB Shuck's first inning home run.
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