There was chatter of Brandon Nimmo being traded the past week or two, but we’re not quite sure how many people believed it would actually happen. Then, news broke Sunday the Mets were shipping their longest-tenured player to the Texas Rangers (and $5 million) in exchange for 2B Marcus Semien. To say it took the baseball world by surprise would be an understatement, but it certainly ignited...
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With the offseason in full swing, it’s time for teams to look internally to decide which players they want to protect in the Rule 5 Draft. While the Draft is December 10 during Winter Meetings, the deadline to protect players from being selected and add them to a team’s 40-man roster is Tuesday, November 18 at 6 pm ET. The Mets enter the decision day with a full 40-man roster. So,...
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With the 2025 season in the rearview window, everything is pointing to the 2026 Mets and how they can get to the postseason. 2025 was one of the more disheartening and disappointing seasons in recent memory, and surely, Steve Cohen and company will want to act swiftly to analyze and address what exactly went wrong and fix it. The editors at MMO will be brainstorming their own offseason plans,...
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The 2025 First and Second All-MLB Teams were announced Thursday night at the MLB Awards show in Las Vegas. Juan Soto made the All-MLB First Team, while closer Edwin Díaz won the Trevor Hoffman Reliever of the Year Award and made the All-MLB Second Team. Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor were up for both teams, too, but didn’t make the cut. Soto’s first year in Queens was considered a...
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MLB announced Thursday that Shohei Ohtani unanimously won the National League Most Valuable Player Award, while Aaron Judge won the award for the American League. Kyle Schwarber finished second in MVP voting, while Juan Soto came in third. Schwarber led MLB in RBIs (132), the NL in home runs (56), and was fourth in baseball in SLG (.563) and fifth in OPS (.928). Soto, meanwhile, led baseball in...
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