Author: Andrew Steele-Davis

Bowden: Mets Have Contacted Angels About Shohei Ohtani

While all eyes will be on the start of perhaps the biggest Subway Series in recent history tonight, there’s been some bombshell news to emerge out of Mets land. Per Jim Bowden of CBS, New York Mets General Manager Billy Eppler has been in contact with the Angels about superstar Shohei Ohtani. Yes, you read that correctly. According to Bowden, Eppler has been in touch with his former team...

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Reports: Mets Have Interest In Willson Contreras, David Robertson

Updated Report, 7/26/222, 1:34 p.m. On top of Jeff Passan’s earlier report, Sports Illustrated’s Pat Ragazzo says the Mets have discussed a package of both Contreras and David Robertson with the Cubs. The report repeats the Mets’ claim that both Francisco Alvarez and Brett Baty are off limits, so they wouldn’t be in the deal, but “multiple top prospects” would...

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MMO Trade Profile: Andrew Benintendi, LF

Position: LF Bats/Throws: L/L Age: 06/07/1994 Traditional Stats: 88 G, 104 H, 3 HR, 39 RBI, .319/.389/.402 Advanced Stats: 2.0 WAR, .351 wOBA, 128 wRC+ Rundown The second half of the 2022 season following the All-Star break has now begun, so all the conversation will now revolve around what the New York Mets plan to do at the trade deadline. Of course, Washington Nationals’ slugger Juan...

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Chris Bassitt Ties Career High With 11 Strikeouts

Chris Bassitt was dealing for the New York Mets on Saturday night as he pitched arguably one of his best outings of the 2022 season thus far. Unfortunately, the righty’s efforts were wasted as the bats went cold for the second night in a row in a frustrating 2-1 loss to the Padres. For the second consecutive night, the Mets got excellent pitching from their starter on the mound. However,...

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Mets Acquire Pirates Catcher Michael Perez

Another day, another trade with the Pirates for the Mets, who acquired catcher Michael Perez for cash considerations Saturday. Just one day after trading for DH Daniel Vogelbach from Pittsburgh, general manager Billy Eppler has again done business with the Pirates by bringing in some help at the catcher position. This was first reported by Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Mets acquiring catcher...

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