Major League Baseball has officially set their 2024 trade deadline date to Tuesday, July 30 at 6 p.m. ET, per Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Due to the new collective bargaining agreement, the Commissioner’s Office has the power to set the deadline to any date between July 28 and August 3. The league liked having the deadline on a Tuesday, as the 2023 deadline was on Tuesday, August 1,...
According to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, the Los Angeles Angels are open to trading star outfielder Mike Trout if he wants out. Trout does have a full no-trade clause so he would have final say on his fate. Recently, Trout said he wants to have a conversation with the Angels’ front office and management and the franchise’s direction. It is no secret Trout has been arguably the...
Mets closer Edwin Díaz told reporters on Monday that he’s still progressing, and he hopes to pitch for the Mets before the season ends. “We’re feeling great. Our progress has been perfect,” Díaz said. “We are checking a lot of boxes, and we feel really good right now.” Díaz said he threw his first bullpen session on Sunday, and that he was hitting 93-95 mph...
Good morning, Mets fans! Mets closer Edwin Díaz, after suffering a torn right patellar tendon tear during the World Baseball Classic, will begin throwing off a mound today, according to Mets manager Buck Showalter. The Mets bullpen will look completely different if Díaz truly makes a comeback this season. At the time of his injury, the Mets had traded for reliever Brooks Raley and signed David...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets’ 2023 season may be all but a lost cause, with the trade deadline in the rearview mirror, but they’ve now won four in a row after their 13-2 whomping of the Cardinals on Saturday. Their hot ways have brought them within six games of a Wild Card spot. They’ll look to stay hot and complete a four-game sweep of St. Louis Sunday at 2:15 p.m. ET....
Welcome to the new reality of the 2023 New York Mets. After selling off a slew of key pieces at the Trade Deadline, the new-look Mets gave their fans a gloomy taste of what could follow over the coming months and indeed, throughout the 2024 season. They were swept by the lowly Kansas City Royals, a team who have already piled up 75 losses this year. It was far from pretty, and more dark days are...
Good morning, Mets fans! The MLB trade deadline has come and gone. And with that, the trade that many saw coming came to fruition in that Justin Verlander was traded back to the Houston Astros. The Mets also traded away Tommy Pham to the Arizona Diamondbacks and Dominic Leone to the Los Angeles Angels. In return for Verlander, the Mets received two top prospects that will benefit the club’s...
After winning three out of their four contests against the Washington Nationals over the weekend, the New York Mets (50-55) are heading to Kauffman Stadium to go up against the Kansas City Royals (32-75) for three games. The Mets enter the series six games out of the final playoff spot. This series victory proved to be bittersweet, as the Mets started their trade deadline fire sale in the...
Good morning, Mets fans! The trade deadline is today at 6 p.m, and the Mets are expected to do some more dealing. The Mets have engaged in trade talks surrounding Justin Verlander, with the Astros and Dodgers mentioned as the most aggressive in their pursuits. Jack Harris of the LA Times reports that the Mets covet right-handed pitching prospect Emmet Sheehan, who’s currently ranked sixth...
There may be a sale going on in Queens, but that didn’t prevent the New York Mets from taking three out of four against the Washington Nationals. With reliever David Robertson and ace Max Scherzer dealt away, however, this series win served as a morale victory only with the season now officially a bust. With more pieces likely to be traded away before the Trade Deadline on Tuesday, how...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets promoted prospects Jett Williams and Jacob Reimer to High-A Brooklyn. A 2022 first-round pick, Williams has a .832 OPS and leads the Florida State League with a .422 OBP while swiping 32 bases in 38 tries. Reimer was a fourth-round pick in 2022 and has a .412 OBP with six home runs and 10 doubles this year. Tim Healey of Newsday was first on both promotions....
The New York Mets have traded David Robertson to the Miami Marlins, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported just minutes after the Mets’ 2-1 win over the Washington Nationals Thursday night. The Mets will receive prospects Marco Vargas and Ronald Hernandez in return, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported. Vargas and Hernandez — both still teenagers — will be the Mets’ No. 6 and No....
