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Their last signed pick turned out to be the best one

Your Monday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

The Mesa Solar Sox, the team including several Orioles minor leaguers, are the 2021 Arizona Fall League champions.

MLB Trade Rumors The A’s placed J.B. Wendelken on the injured list with a strained left oblique today, per the team. They recalled Jordan Weems to take his spot in the bullpen. Wendelken has been a major player out of the A’s bullpen so far this season, appearing in 15 games and tossing 12 1/3 innings with a 4.38 ERA/3.09 FIP, 43.6 percent groundball rate, 24.1 percent strikeout rate, and 8.6 percent walk rate. A too-high .368 BABIP has negatively affected Wendelken’s bottom line so far...

Easter is a time of renewal, hope, chocolate, and multi-colored eggs. For baseball fans, Easter coincides with the early goings of a new season in which teams are full of potential and aspirations for October. In their 28-year history, the Rockies have played on Easter 16 times to a record of 6-10. The games have ranged from classic ‘90s slugfests to nail-biting pitchers duels. So, with the Rockies playing the Dodgers on Easter this year, it felt right to take a brief look into the franchise...

gwen: reality check -- the president in russia and in rome at home. plus, palin 2012. why it might yet happen. tonight on "washington week." meeting popes and presidents -- its all part of the job for any u.s. leader. >> weve not agreed on every point. but weve shown it is possible to move forward and make real and unprecedented progress together. gwen: still, from climate change abroad to economic and health care fixes at home, the president saw more hurdles than hoorays this week. >>...