Mets News: Mets Trade for 2B/OF Eric Young Jr, Promote OF Andrew Brown, OF Collin Cowgill DFA'd, Atchison back to DL?
Mets News:
Mets add some speed in Young
The New York Mets traded right-hander Collin McHugh to the Colorado Rockies for second baseman/outfielder Eric Young Jr. on Tuesday night in a swap of players who had been designated for assignment.
The Mets also promoted outfielder Andrew Brown and designated Collin Cowgill for assignment.
And they officially are sending Zack Wheeler...
The Cowgill Conspiracy
The New York Mets acquired Collin Cowgill on December 18th, 2012 from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for farmhand Jefry Marte.
He was designated for assignment after the New York Mets’ victory over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.
The Kentucky native was acquired to breathe life into an ominous outfield situation that saw several open competitions in spring training. Ultimatelyâ€...
Mets Acquire Eric Young Jr. For Collin McHugh, DFA Cowgill and Promote Brown
The Mets announced that they have acquired outfielder Eric Young Jr. from Colorado for RHP Collin McHugh.
On Wednesday the Rockies designated Young for assignment giving them 10 days to trade him.
Young, 28, hit just .261 with a .671 OPS in 313 career games and is a .211 career hitter away from Coors Field.
Young was hitting .246 on the season with one home run and eight stolen...
New York Mets Recall OF Collin Cowgill From Las Vegas
The New York Mets have recalled outfielder Collin Cowgill from their Triple-A Las Vegas minor league affiliate Tuesday. Cowgill, who struggled to the tune of batting .157 earlier this season, is expected to be a role player for now until he can prove his worth with the bat.
The 27 year-old has spent the past three years bouncing around the majors and the minors for the Arizona Diamondbacks...
A short leash and center field musical chairs
The Mets are 58 games into the 2013 season. A miserable season so far, to be sure, highlighted by their dreadful outfield. Much has already been said about the Mets terrible outfield this year. It’s very bad, in case you hadn’t noticed. Not only is the outfield a point of poor performance for the team, it’s been a revolving door. In fact, the Mets have already had nine different...
Mets To Promote Josh Satin, Collin Cowgill, Josh Edgin To Replace Davis, Baxter And Carson
Updated by Satish Ram at 7:45 PM:
Adam Rubin is reporting that first baseman Josh Satin, center fielder Collin Cowgill and lefthanded reliever Josh Edgin will be promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas to replace Ike Davis, Mike Baxter and Robert Carson who were all optioned to Triple-A after today’s 8-4 loss to the Marlins.
Satin will be added to the 40-man roster to fill the empty...
Mets News: Collin Cowgill demoted to Triple-A Las Vegas
Mets News:
Collin Cowgill, who had a solid spring training and grand slam on Opening Day, has been demoted to Triple-A Las Vegas to clear the roster spot for the promotion of fellow outfielder Andrew Brown.
Cowgill, 26, hit .157 (8-for-51) with two homers and eight RBIs with the Mets. All 10 of his starts came in center field. He had been hitless in his final 13 at-bats and also...
MMO’s 2013 Top Spring Performer Is Collin Cowgill
Collin Cowgill is MMO’s 2013 Top Spring Performer
Spring training is a time for veterans to get their work in as they prepare for the 162 game grind they are about to embark on. While the veterans are gearing up, there are usually a few roster spots that are up for grabs. These spots are usually a battle between some aging veterans looking to catch on as a reserve, or a young upstart...
Why Collin Cowgill should be the Mets’ full-time starter in CF
When the Mets traded for Collin Cowgill it seemed to be a nice stroke by Sandy Alderson, as it gave Terry Collins a player to platoon in center field with Kirk Nieuwenhuis. Cowgill had a .784 OPS against LHP while Nieuwenhuis had a .740 OPS versus RHP. While it wasn’t going to make fans forget Carlos Beltran, it would be an improvement over the .711 OPS the Mets got out of...
Collin Cowgill makes an early impression #MoreCowgill
It didn’t take very long for newly acquired outfielder, Collin Cowgill to make an impression amongst New York Mets fans. Anyone whose playing style is compared to Lenny Dykstra has the chance to a fan favorite in Queens. With a 2-for-2 performance on Saturday, and two more hits on Sunday, the Mets twitterverse was ready to embrace #MoreCowgill:
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