The Mets announced that the club has acquired RHP Ariel Jurado from the Texas Rangers in exchange for a player to be named later and cash considerations…To make room on the 40-man roster, outfielder Ryan Cordell has been designated for assignment..Jurado has been assigned to the team’s Alternate Training Site in Brooklyn.
Michael Conforto has safely reached base in all 12 games this season…He is batting .318 (14-44) with six runs, two doubles, two home runs, six walks, two steals, six RBI and a .412 OBP…He enters the day tied for fifth in the NL with 14 hits…Conforto has hit 111 home runs in his career which is 12th on the Mets all-time list…Ed Kranepool is 11th with 118 followed by Edgardo Alfonso who is 10th with 120.
Andrés Giménez is hitting .333 (7-21) with two runs, a triple, an RBI and two steals in 11 games…He has reached base in all four starts this season, batting .400 (6-15) with a run, a triple, an RBI, a walk and a steal…Giménez entered the season as the third-best Mets prospect and the No. 84 overall prospect in the majors, per MLB Pipeline…After spending the 2019 season with Binghamton (AA), the Venezuelan shortstop led the Arizona Fall League with a .371 (26-70) average and .999 OPS.
And my favorite part of the notes
Pete Alonso | INF | .174, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: 1-4, RBI, BB, 2 K
Road Trip: .105 (2-19), 3 R, 2 RBI, 6 BB, 9 K
