Tag: Juan Lagares

Mets Madness Recap: ’06 Mets Best ’19 Mets in Thrilling Seven Games

After their upset of the 2000 Mets, the 2019 Mets took on the 2006 Mets—perhaps the best Mets team this century—in the latest Mets Madness series. The ’19 team, managed by Allison Waxman, looked on their way to another shocking series win, but David Wright and the ’06 Mets, managed by myself, turned their real-life Game 7 woes around. The ’06 Mets ultimately took the series in...

Morning Briefing: Carlos Beltrán Will Be Special Assistant to Stearns

Good morning, Mets fans!  As the Carlos Mendoza era is ushered into New York, a former New York Mets manager will continue to have a role with the organization. Carlos Beltrán will serve as a special assistant in the new regime, new president of baseball operations David Stearns said in an interview with Andy Martino.  Beltrán enjoyed a stint that lasted more than six years in Queens between...

Tylor Megill Strikes Out Four In Return From IL

Tylor Megill battled through 3 1/3 innings in his first start since May 11 before giving way to David Peterson on Friday night. The towering righty walked one, struck out four and allowed five hits and two runs, both of which came on a two-run homer by Brandon Marsh. Megill’s lone clean inning came in the bottom of the first, in which we struck out former Met Juan Lagares. Megill ran into...

Mets’ Outfield Defense Has Been a Roller Coaster in Recent Years

Over the span of a few hours on Black Friday last November, the New York Mets completely remade their outfield by signing Mark Canha and Starling Marte to join Brandon Nimmo. And, as it turns out, they may not be done supplementing to this part of the roster once the lockout ends sometime this century. With all the innings he’s logged in center field, it was easy to assume Marte would man...

OTD 2019: Mets Defeat Nationals, Michael Conforto Loses His Shirt

With the 2021 Mets reeling after a 1-6 road trip, low-lighted by being swept in a series by the Phillies, who passed the Mets and moved into first place, this may be a good time to think about a positive memory from the not-too-distant past. Let’s wind the clock back two years to August 9, 2019. The Mets had begun their phoenix-like rise from the ashes. They had won six in a row and 14 of...

Mets Bolster Depth Signing Lagares, Dozier; Cabrera, Beckham Released

On Wednesday, the New York Mets added depth and a load of experience with the additions of Juan Lagares and Brian Dozier. The Lagares news was first reported by Deesha Thosar of the N.Y. Daily News while Anthony DiComo of MLB.com was first with the Dozier signing. Moments after the signings, the Mets announced they have released Melky Cabrera and Gordon Beckham per DiComo. Lagares and Dozier...

2021 Mets Free Agent Targets: Center Field

Despite focus centered on whether or not the league will even have a 2020 season, it doesn’t hurt to look ahead to what might be in 2021. In 2019, the Mets’ center field job was held down for the most part by Brandon Nimmo (when not injured) and the combination of Michael Conforto and Juan Lagares when Nimmo was down for the count. Nimmo has proven solid at the position, as his...

MMO Roundtable: Favorite Piece Of Mets Memorabilia

Earlier this week we brought you our most obscure pieces of Mets memorabilia. It was a fun (interesting?) collection and we thank everyone who tweeted theirs to us! Now, we want to share with you our favorite pieces of Mets memorabilia. Most of them are our favorites not because of the actual item, but because of the sentimental value associated to is, as I’m sure most of you can relate...

Best Five Defenders In Mets History

The New York Mets have had some terrific fielders make stops in Flushing over the years. Some were mainstays, others made brief visits and continued on their way. Bud Harrelson, John Olerud, Tommie Agee, Dave Magadan, David Wright, the list goes on. The offensive aspect of the game has and will continue to be baseball’s bread and butter, but elite glovework is something to behold and to be...

Mets Matters: It’s Been A Bizarre Offseason

I was just thinking how crazy this entire Carlos Beltran situation is and how bad the timing is for our New York Mets. Yesterday, I learned that before Beltran and the Mets had mutually agreed to part ways, he was at Mets camp in Port St. Lucie and had in fact held a meeting with the entire coaching staff. Wish I was a fly on the wall for that. It’s so odd that players are going to be...

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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