DJ LeMahieu, Second Baseman Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 32 (7/13/1988) Traditional Stats: 50 games, .364/.421/.590, 10 doubles, 10 HR, 27 RBI Advanced Stats: 2.8 bWAR, 2.5 fWAR, 177 OPS+, 177 wRC+ Defensive Stats: 0 DRS, -1.4 UZR, -1 OAA Rundown Just two years ago, DJ LeMahieu wasn’t even considered a top-20 free agent by most people in a loaded class that included players like Bryce Harper, Manny...
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MLB released a list on Friday of 30 players (one from each team) of Rookie of the Year candidates for 2021. Minor league pitcher Thomas Szapucki topped their list for the Mets. It’s easy to see why he could be the Mets best candidate. He had an ERA of 2.37 while striking out 72, nearly posting a 3:1 K:BB ratio in the process. This was while returning to baseball after a 22-month rehab from...
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For all the Mets fans dreaming of poaching a top Rays executive and turning him into the next Andrew Friedman with an owner willing to spend, hold your horses. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that Rays GM Erik Neander is “almost certainly” not leaving Tampa Bay for the Mets or any other club. The Angels, who just hired Braves’ Perry Minasian as their new Genereal Manager,...
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Back in March, Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard got Tommy John Surgery. In August, Metsmerized caught up with him to check out the status of his rehab. At that point, he was short distance tossing, which was a good sign. Well, on Thursday, this video surfaced of him throwing off of a mound for the first time since the surgery, via his own Twitter account. https://t.co/DKw46ybu7W...
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Jon Morosi of MLB Network is reporting that Indians star shortstop Francisco Lindor is expected to be traded this offseason, and Cleveland wants the Mets heavily involved. Morosi notes that a trade of the 26-year-old is “unlikely to happen quickly,” as the Mets are only a few days into the beginning of the Steve Cohen era, and the only prominent front-office members currently with...
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