According to our own Michael Mayer, the Mets have scouted Kodai Senga and Masataka Yoshida from Nippon Professional Baseball. Senga is a 29-year-old, right-handed starting pitcher from the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He has a career 2.42 ERA in 1340 2/3 innings pitched in NPB and is coming off a career year where he recorded a 1.89 ERA in 23 games. To go along with his stellar numbers, Senga hits...
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Jeff McNeil has won the National League Silver Slugger award at second base. McNeil deserving won the award after having one of the best bounce-back seasons of all time. After batting.251 with an 87 OPS+ in 2021, McNeil led the NL with a .326 batting average and finished with a 140 OPS+. The other candidates nominated for the award were Ketel Marte, Jake Cronenworth, Brendan Rodgers, and Kolten...
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The Mets made a couple of moves pertaining to their bullpen besides re-signing Edwin Díaz. The Mets declined the option on Mychal Givens and made him a free agent, according to Will Sammon of the Athletic. Givens was traded to the Mets during the 2022 deadline in exchange for minor league pitcher Saúl González. After posting a 2.66 ERA and 11.3 SO/9 with the Cubs, Givens performed poorly for his...
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The New York Mets officially re-signed Edwin Díaz to a five-year, $102 million contract. The extension has an opt-out after the third year, a full no-trade clause, and a sixth-year team option. If Díaz returns for his sixth year, the deal would total six years and $122 million. Not only did Díaz receive the highest contract in MLB history given out to a reliever, but he also received the highest...
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Max Scherzer Player Data: Age: 38 (7/27/1984), B/T: R/R Traditional Stats: 23 GS, 11-5, 145 1/3 IP, 2.29 ERA, 0.908 WHIP, 173 SO, 24 BB Advanced Stats: 169 ERA+, 2.62 FIP, 10.7 SO/9, 30.6 SO%, 4.3 BB%, 5.3 bWAR 2022 Contract: $43 million (player opt-out after the 2023 season) Grade: B+ 2022 Review Max Scherzer came into the 2022 season with high expectations after receiving the highest average...
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