Tag: John Lackey

Sandy Alderson “Not Convinced” Mets Need to Add Pitcher

Sandy Alderson spoke with media today in Port St. Lucie as detailed by Anthony Dicomo of MLB.com. Despite his assistant GM, John Ricco, saying something to the contrary, Alderson gave a different tone about the Mets rotation: “Notwithstanding many opinions to the contrary, I’m not convinced we need more pitching.” “I actually think with where we are right now, we’re...

Four Budget Rotation Options That Would Help Mets

The Mets went into the 2017 season with what seemed to be plenty of options for the rotation. After all they had Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, Steven Matz, Zack Wheeler, Seth Lugo, and Robert Gsellman for five spots. If anything they seemed to have a surplus of solid arms. However, baseball is not that cut-and-dry. DeGrom was the only starter to pass the 30-start threshold and...

Dodgers End 28-Year Drought

The defining moment of the Dodgers fate in reaching the Fall Classic came off the bat of their red bearded third baseman, Justin Turner, whose three-run walk-off blast in game two of the NLCS signaled the end of a 28-year old drought. If you needed any more clues that this team was destined for something far greater than an NLDS title please quit your detective day job because you’re not...

Dodgers Take 2-0 Game Lead Over Defending Champion Cubs

In the ninth inning of a tied playoff game, Cubs manager Joe Maddon looked at his lineup card, shaking his head as if disappointed there weren’t an array of different choices in the way of relief. With limited options in his undependable bullpen, Maddon turned to 38-year-old starter John Lackey, throwing for the second day in a row for the first time in his career. The veteran right-hander took...

Everything Fell Into Place For The Mets On Monday Night

Jacob deGrom came back from the dead on Monday, defeating the Chicago Cubs 6-1 on a hot and humid night at Citi Field. After getting pummeled in his past consecutive starts, deGrom vindicated himself in the most valiant way by pitching a complete game, the second of his major league career. DeGrom (5-3) held the struggling reigning World Series champs to a single run on five hits. He walked...

Sandy Alderson Did What Sandy Alderson Does

Sandy Alderson is a hard nosed General Manager. As we’ve seen in past trades, he gets what he wants and doesn’t give up anything more than he feels he has to. Yesterday, the trading deadline came and went with the Mets making exactly zero moves. They didn’t land the big bat they so desperately need, they didn’t move any of their young pitchers and they weren’t able...

10 Free Agents The Mets Didn’t Sign

Looking back on the season as it is, and the possible free agents that the Mets could’ve signed, I figured it may be best to look at 4 pitchers and 6 hitters that the Mets didn’t sign, and in a few days I’ll do a free agents the Mets did sign recap. Pitchers John Lackey – A very rough start to the season, but Lackey has rebounded somewhat. Lackey is 7-3 but has allowed 93...

A Few More 2010 MLB Staff Predictions

Here are few more 2010 MLB predictions, before we unveil all of our 2010 Mets predictions later today. Which MLB free agent will be the biggest bust in 2010? Jeff S. –  John Lackey Dave L. – Kelvim Escobar Tom S. – Joel Pineiro Satish R. – Randy Wolf Michael B. – Joel Pineiro Rob S. – Jason Bay Brandyn C. – Ben Sheets Joe D. – John Lackey Which MLB...

Halladay To Phillies, Lackey To Red Sox, Jack Squat To Mets

On a day when a few extra coals have been added to the Hot Stove, the Phillies are close to trading for ace pitcher Roy Halladay, while Jon Heyman of SI.com is reporting that John Lackey will be signing a five-year, $85 million contract with the Boston Red Sox. In related news, the Mets have announced the signing of Jack Squat.  Squat hasn’t done much in the past and might go unnoticed in...

What Does Lackey To The Red Sox Mean For Mets?

According to Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports, free agent pitcher John Lackey may be close to signing a deal with the Boston Red Sox. He writes, Free-agent right-hander John Lackey underwent a physical Monday with the Red Sox, an indication that he is close to an agreement with the team, according to a major-league source. Rosenthal also speculates that the deal is expected to be similar to the...

Mets To Make Two Offers; Bengie Molina and John Lackey?

Steve Popper of the Bergen Record is reporting that the Mets will make two contract offers before leaving the Winter Meetings today. Based on additional reporting from Adam Rubin of the Daily News, one of those offers will most likely be to free-agent catcher Bengie Molina. Earlier reports yesterday that the Mets had already made an offer turned out to be inaccurate. Also, there is some buzz...

Sticker Shock Has Mets Looking At Lackey Again

Jon Heyman of SI.com got a few laughs tonight when he said the following on Twitter moments ago, Mets taking a little closer look at Lackey after getting sticker shock on middle-rung starters. Might rather pay for ace. I guess when the Mets learned that the Milwaukee  Brewers’ offer to starting pitcher Randy Wolf was around three years for $30 million, they freaked. I surmise that when the...

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