This past week the Mets resigned Adam Ottavino, signed Jake Diekman and Shintaro Fujinami. They join Edwin Díaz, Brooks Raley, and previous offseason acquisition Jorge Lopez as potential high-leverage relievers. The Mets under David Stearns have certainly emphasized a few key characteristics when acquiring relievers this offseason; the most obvious of them is the sheer volume of arms they have...
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On Sunday morning the Mets shored up their rotation with the signing of Sean Manaea, giving them five bona fide starters. They signed him to a one-year deal with a player option, that can max out at 2 years and $28M. While Manaea has experienced some success in his career, he’s been closer to league average through his first 1000 innings pitched. His career ERA- is exactly 100 and his FIP-...
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In Volume 1, we broke down the state of the Mets’ current bullpen and went through some of the more intriguing and noteworthy names available this offseason. In Volume 2, we will continue looking into some less heralded names as well as some very noteworthy players. Tanner Rainey, WAS Rainey was amid a breakout when Tommy John prematurely ended his season. He has since receded to the...
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The Mets have done a lot this offseason to shore up the bottom half of their bullpen, and with Edwin Díaz returning, their back end should be vastly improved as well. While Stearns and Co have mainly focused on under-the-radar, low-risk moves, the sheer quantity of guys should bring a larger level of certainty to the Mets bullpen. The two guys who will ultimately bypass the Mets bullpen...
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This year’s crop of free-agent hitters is nothing to write home about. Luckily for the Mets, between Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil currently on the roster and the impending promotions of Drew Gilbert and Jett Williams, the outfield is all but figured out for the future. That being said, Gilbert and Williams aren’t expected to start the year with the Mets, so they could use at least...
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