The New York Mets are among several teams interested in trading for Los Angeles Angels infielder Yunel Escobar, according Pedro Moura of the L.A. Times. Escobar, 33, has hit .310 with a .359 OBP in 69 games as the Angels’ leadoff hitter playing mostly third base where he leads the American League with 12 errors. He’s due about $3.5 million the rest of the season, and his contract contains a $7...
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3 Up 1. Jacob deGrom deGrom may have had his winless streak reach 10 games after his outing on Saturday night, but he may have had perhaps one of his best performances of the year. Through eight shutout innings, Jacob struck out six batters and gave up seven hits and just one walk, and was in control the entire game. Unfortunately, the Mets offense couldn’t produce any runs for him, leaving him...
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Now that the diamond dust of Michael Conforto’s demotion, Jose Reyes’ resigning, Logan Verrett, Sean Gilmartin and Brandon Nimmo being recalled from Las Vegas has settled, it’s still much ado about nothing with the Mets starting line-up. NY prospect Brandon Nimmo’s 0-4 major league debut was not one that dreams are made of, as he got a taste of the meal Conforto dined on during his...
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Despite going 0-for-4 in his major league debut, Brandon Nimmo says he got over his jitters quickly and enjoyed the experience. “Actually, after the first pitch in my first at-bat, it was OK,” said Nimmo. “It’s the same game. It’s a big game but same game in just a different environment.” (Fred Kerber, NY Post) While Nimmo hoped to have performed better, he was just happy to be in the...
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I gotta tell ya, it’s pretty difficult to tackle this next subject because the Mets bullpen ranks No. 1 in the National League with a 3.01 ERA this season. The Mets bullpen also has a solid .223 Batting Average Against and own the best Save Percentage in the majors at 81.02. In my opinion, Save Percentage is a much better metric to gauge the overall effectiveness of a team’s bullpen...
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