After a storied 20-year career in the Major Leagues, outfielder Carlos Beltran has announced his retirement — from playing. The nine-time All-Star finished his career with a .279 batting average, 435 home runs, 1,587 RBI and 312 stolen bases. He was the 1999 AL Rookie of the Year, won three Gold Glove Awards (2006-08) and two Silver Slugger Awards (2006-07), and won a World Series in 2017...
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The Mets entered 2017 with Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Steven Matz, Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Seth Lugo, and Robert Gsellman as potential starting pitchers for their five rotational spots. With quantity and quality pitching like that, what could possibly have gone wrong? Unfortunately for the Mets the answer was: everything. What was supposed to be one of the top rotations in MLB became one...
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Legendary Mets outfielder, Carlos Beltran, retired yesterday. Beltran is third among Mets position players in WAR behind only Darryl Strawberry and David Wright. Sandy Alderson also spoke to Mets reporters yesterday at the GM meetings. Latest Mets News Alderson said the Mets will add two new positions to their training staff. This includes a person who would be focused on training, health data,...
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Pitching will be atop the Mets list of priorities this offseason. An early name that has come to the surface as a potential option is right-hander Wily Peralta. According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, the team views him as a potential starter and reliever. Peralta, 28, has spent the entirety of his big league career with the Milwaukee Brewers. His best year came in 2014 where he went 17-11...
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From the GM Meetings in Orlando Monday afternoon, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson delivered several important nuggets in his plan for this offseason. TRAINING STAFF: Head trainer Ray Ramirez was relieved of his duties at the conclusion of the season. Alderson said he plans to fill the position soon as well as adding two new positions to the medical/training staff, including a so-called high...
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