Tag: Kevin Plawecki

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Odds & ends

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As we get closer to the start of spring training, teams are looking to fill those last few holes and players are trying to make sure they have some place to report.

The Mets signed former Washington Nationals outfielder Roger Bernadina to a minor league contract on Monday and invited him to major league spring training. With four starting outfielders for three spots, plus Alejandro de Aza earning $5.75 million as the team’s fifth outfielder, the Mets seem unlikely to need Bernadina — at least to start the season. But this is a decent depth signing that gives the Las Vegas 51s a more experienced team and gives the Mets an option with major league experience should they need another outfielder.

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David Wright's 2015 Topps Spring Fever baseball card
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Spring Fever

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David Wright's 2015 Topps Spring Fever baseball card
David Wright’s 2015 Topps Spring Fever baseball card

Topps released checklist information for this year’s Spring Fever promotion today. It’s a way to help participating retailers move more Series One baseball cards – if you spend $20 between February 10th and February 21st, you’ll get a redemption card for a free five-card pack of Spring Fever cards, which can be redeemed between February 22 and February 29.

This will be the first time players like Zack Greinke, David Price and Todd Frazier are pictured with their new teams.

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Latest Mets autograph collection update: Juan Lagares & Kevin Plawecki

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The weather did not cooperate last night, so the Mets’ game I had tickets for got rained out. I will have to exchange those tickets for a game next April since I can’t make it to today’s doubleheader.

But on the bright side, I was able to add a couple of new cards to my Mets autograph collection via eBay purchases.

Juan Lagares 2015 Topps "Career High" autograph card from my collection
Juan Lagares 2015 Topps “Career High” autograph card from my collection

Juan Lagares had certified autographs in a few different Topps sets this year following his gold glove season in 2014. This one, a “Career High” insert from Topps Series 1, is probably my least favorite … but the price was right. And Lagares has a nice autograph. Hopefully he will find a way to contribute during the playoffs and have a more productive year in 2016.

Kevin Plawecki 2015 Topps Chrome autograph card from my collection
Kevin Plawecki 2015 Topps Chrome autograph card from my collection

Kevin Plawecki started 65 games for the Mets in 2015, more than the team’s number one catcher Travis d’Arnaud. And he had a solid season for a rookie catcher. Plawecki’s rookie autograph card from this year’s Topps Chrome was another nice pickup for a low price…probably because it’s not of much interest to many people other than Mets fans.

By my latest count, I have autographed baseball cards for 913 of the 1,007 players in Mets history.