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With their fourteenth-round selection in the 2025 MLB Draft, the 433rd overall pick, the Mets selected James Smith IV, a right-handed pitcher from the University of Memphis. James Smith IV, son of James Smith III, was born in raised in Olive Branch, Mississippi, a city on the Mississippi-Tennessee border that is more of a suburb of Memphis than a Mississippi Delta city. He … [Read more...] about 2025 Mets Draft profile: James Smith IV

Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports Your Thursday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets A documentary on David Wright will be premiering on SNY ahead of his retirement ceremony this weekend. The Mets have five questions facing the team as the second half is about to begin. Four Mets prospects made Baseball Prospectus’s new top 50 … [Read more...] about Mets Morning News for July 17, 2025

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images If the Mets wanted to shake things up a bit to start the second half of the season, they certainly could. With the Mets set to resume their season tomorrow night against the Reds in Queens, the team could shake things up quite a bit with several internal reinforcements if the front office were so inclined. All but one of … [Read more...] about Here are the Mets’ options for internal reinforcements to start the second half

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images A quick review of how the Mets’ position players fared in the final week of the first half. The Mets began their last week of the first half with a thrilling come from behind victory against the Orioles before getting swept in a doubleheader on Thursday. But over the weekend they bounced back to take two out of three against the Royals. No … [Read more...] about Player Meter: Position players, July 7-13

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images A quick review of how the Mets’ pitchers fared in the final week of the first half. Seeing Sean Manaea and Kodai Senga’s names back on this meter warms my heart. With the exception of the bullpen game the Mets had to pitch in Game 2 of Thursday’s doubleheader, the starting rotation did well, though Clay Holmes’ week was … [Read more...] about Player Meter: Pitchers, July 7-13