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New York Mets Daily Farm System Report: 8/14/12
*All results from games played on Monday August 13th, 2012 Check out the 2012 Amazin' Avenue Pre-Season Top 50 Mets Prospects! And send all of your questions about the Mets farm system to...
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Andres Torres Might Be Pretty Good
Last December, Sandy Alderson sent the much-maligned, oft-injured, colitis-afflicted Angel Pagan to San Francisco for center fielder Andres Torres and reliever Ramon Ramirez. Both Pagan and Torres had...
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Pitching Prospect Evaluation: Using MiLB Groundball Rates
This idea comes courtesy of a tweet from Adam Foster of ProjectProspect.com: @AdamWFoster MiLB ground ball rates continue to be a widely overlooked part of pitching prospect evaluation. @AdamWFoster...
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Josh Edgin Makes For A Better Mets Bullpen
Before spring training this year, Josh Edgin was not on the typical Mets fan's radar. The 25-year-old lefty had been successful in the minors in 2010 and 2011, but given his age and the relative level...
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Meet the Mets fans: Talkin' with Amazin' Avenue
To preview the Reds-Mets series, I put some questions to Steve Schreiber, a writer over at SBNation's Mets blog, Amazin' Avenue. I also answered some question over at AA. I assume all avatars are...
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Mets Outright Garrett Olson to Triple-A
Left-hander Garrett Olson has cleared waivers and the New York Mets have outrighted him to Triple-A, the team has announced: LHP Garrett Olson has cleared waivers and was outrighted to Buffalo (AAA)....
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Mets Acquire Kelly Shoppach from Red Sox
The New York Mets have acquired catcher Kelly Shoppach from the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later, the team has announced: #Mets moves: Claim catcher Kelly Shoppach on a waiver claim from...
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Kelly Shoppach Traded To The Mets
The New York Mets have finally acquired the catcher they've been looking at for over a month now, as Kelly Shoppach is headed to the National League. The Red Sox will receive a player to be named...
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Mets Acquire Kelly Shoppach from Red Sox
According to the Mets, the team has traded a player to be named later for Red Sox catcher Kelly Shoppach. Rumors had the front office interested in the righty catcher for some time -- perhaps Boston's...
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Mets Daily Farm System Report - 8/17/12: Vaughn Drops Bombs, Wheeler Gets Bombed
*All results from games played on Thursday, August 9 2012 Check out the 2012 Amazin' Avenue Mid-Season Top 50 Mets Prospects! And send all of your questions about the Mets farm system to...
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Ahead of the Curve: Are We Really Doing a Six-Man Rotation?
Right now 40% of the National League East is using a six-man rotation. The Braves are going with your more standard "oops, we have six viable starters and we can't bring ourselves to send one to the...
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This Date In Mets History: August 17 — Buddy's First Home Run, The Say Hey...
The back of Bud Harrelson's rookie card puts his playing weight at 155 pounds. It's hard to tell where he hid all that mass, because the 23-year old kid depicted on the front of the card looks as thin...
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This Week In SNY, Featuring Keith Hernandez's New Scorecard, Kevin...
The Mets are slumping but TWISNY is improving. Something about the Mets' annual second-half fade always makes the SNY personalities more entertaining. Sunday, July 29th "Guys I'm down here with a...
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Jason Bay Is Back, Will Carry Mets To Playoffs
Are the Mets nine games back of the second wild card spot in the National League? Sure, but that won't matter when Jason Bay leads the team to its first reverse-collapse in team history over the...
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This Week In Mets Quotes: R.A. Dickey, David Wright, Dan Warthen, And More!
Lots of interesting, funny, idiotic, and insightful things were said by the Mets — and about them — over the past week. Here are some of our favorites. I’m sure they "just asked" him "You cannot wear...
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Mets vs. Nationals: Saber-stat Series Preview
click to embiggen After dropping two out of three to the Reds (and three of their last ten), the Mets (56-62, 17GB) begin a three-game series tonight against the NL East-leading Nationals (73-45). The...
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Mets vs. Nationals Preview: Game #119 — Johan Santana vs. Ross Detwiler
Today's game notes, courtesy of @Mets. Teams: Mets vs. NationalsDate: Friday, August 17, 2012 • 7:05 p.mLocation: Nationals Park • Washington, D.C.Starters: LHP Johan Santana (6-8, 4.58) vs. LHP Ross...
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Pick 6 Fantasy Baseball, August 17: Insert Rebecca Black joke here
It's Friday, which means that for those of you with the courage and wit to attempt to pull off such a feat, it's 50-Cent Friday in Pick 6. $0.50 per player, $3.00 total, and we separate the confused...
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Washington Nationals' Davey Johnson Has Been Here Before: A Brief History Of...
A then-41-year-old Davey Johnson led the New York Mets to a 90-72 record and a second place finish behind the Chicago Cubs in the National League East in his first year on the bench in NY in 1984. In...
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This Date In Red Sox History: August 26 - Boo Ferriss, Benny Agbayani,...
Games of Note: It's the last year of baseball during World War II, and Red Sox hurler Dave "Boo" Ferriss wins his 20th game of the season. Ferriss had spent the last two years in the military, but...
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