Author: John Sheridan

Edwin Diaz is Healthy and Making Adjustments to Succeed In 2020

Laura Albanese of Newsday reports Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen is confident closer Edwin Diaz “will bounce back [in 2020] because he’s healthy and he’s made mechanical adjustments.” While Van Wagenen did not specify what ailed Diaz, shortly after he was acquired in the trade with the Seattle Mariners, we learned Diaz had bone spurs in his pitching elbow. While...

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Best Mets’ Moment Each Year Of 2010s

As this decade closes out at midnight today, the Mets will actually enter their seventh decade of baseball. Before proceeding forward, let’s take a look at the best moments from each year of this decade: 2010 We didn’t realize it at the time, but the best moment of the year was the Mets drafting Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom. On the field, it was Angel Pagan hitting an inside-the-park...

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Mets Five Best Draft Picks Of Decade

One of the best parts of the Mets organization this past decade was how they drafted. In fact, the only first-round draft picks to not make the majors were in the past three years, and all three of those players appear on their way to be Major Leaguers. It’s difficult picking out who was the best pick. Matt Harvey started the 2013 All-Star Game and had big starts in the 2015 postseason....

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MLB News: Chicago White Sox Sign Dallas Keuchel

Jeff Passan of ESPN reports the Chicago White Sox have signed free agent LHP Dallas Keuchel. Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic reports it will be a three-year deal worth between $54 – $56 million. The Keuchel signing comes after the White Sox have struck out in their previous attempts to add a front line starter to join a rotation that already has Lucas Giolito and Michael Kopech. Notably, the...

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Seth Lugo Still Wants To Start

Prior to the Mets signing Rick Porcello and Michael Wacha, there was at least an operating theory the cash strapped Mets would turn to either Seth Lugo or Robert Gsellman to be the team’s fifth starter. With Porcello and Wacha aboard, not only will Lugo and Gsellman not get that opportunity, but they seem further away than ever from getting that chance to get back into the rotation. Even...

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