Nolan McLean was rated the top pitching prospect in baseball, leading eight Mets who cracked the Top 100 list released Thursday by Just Baseball, a site that bases its rankings on live looks, video, minor league stats and talks with scouts, team officials and other baseball industry sources. McLean, who went 5-1 with a 2.06 ERA and struck out 57 in 48 innings pitched with the Mets, came in as...
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The Mets may be battling the Yankees for a free agent outfielder again, according to a report by the New York Post’s Jon Heyman. The Mets are one of several teams interested in free agent Cody Bellinger. Bellinger, 30, hit .272/.334/.480 with 29 homers, 98 RBIs and 13 steals for the Yankees this year. He posted 5.1 bWAR and played in 152 games, the most since his 2019 MVP season with the...
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Chris Bassitt, SP Age: 36 (2/22/1989) B/T: R/R 2025 Traditional Stats: 11-9, 3.96 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 170 1/3 IP, 166 SO, 52 BB, 32 G (31 GS) 2025 Advanced Stats: 108 ERA+, 22.6 K%, 7.1 BB %, 4.18 xERA, 4.01 FIP, 3.84 xFIP, 2.4 fWAR, 2.1 bWAR Rundown Chris Bassitt turned in another solid year in the middle of Toronto’s rotation, finishing second on the team in innings pitched while topping 30...
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Good morning, Mets fans! One billionaire’s advice: Don’t spend like a drunken sailor. Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were charged in an alleged scheme to fix pitches to win bettors hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to an indictment unsealed Sunday in a Brooklyn, N.Y., court. The Guardian pitchers could each face up to 65 years in prison if convicted on all charges. Ortiz,...
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Shota Imanaga is a free agent, sources told Jesse Rogers of ESPN on Tuesday. The Cubs declined to extend his contract to a fifth year, which allowed the 32-year-old lefty to opt out of a $15 million player option for 2026. Rogers reported that there is no word yet on whether the Cubs will extend the one-year, $22 million qualifying offer to Imanaga, which could dampen his free agency prospects....
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