Author: David Melendi

2025 Report Card: Cedric Mullins, OF

Cedric Mullins Player Data: Age: 31 (10/1/1994) B/T: L/L Primary Stats: .216/.299/.391, 17 HR, 59 RBI, 58 R, 23 2B, 1 3B, 22 SB, 50 BB, 120 SO, 498 PA, 133 G Advanced Stats: 94 OPS+, 94 wRC+, 24.1 K%, 10 BB%, .253 BABIP, .291 xwOBA, 1.3 fWAR, 0.4 bWAR 2025 Salary: $8.7 million Grade: F 2025 Review “We like the player,” David Stearns said at a July 31 news conference after the Mets...

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2025 Report Card: Bullpen Shuttle Squad

2025 Bullpen Shuttle Squad Report Shuttlers (minimum 10 IP): Brandon Waddell (31 1/3 IP, 3.45 ERA, 22 K), Justin Hagenman (23 2/3 IP, 4.56 ERA, 23 K), Chris Devenski (16 2/3 IP, 2.16 ERA, 14 K), José Castillo (15 1/3 IP, 2.35 ERA, 19 K), Blade Tidwell (15 IP, 9.00 ERA, 10 K), Rico Garcia (12 2/3 IP, 2.13 ERA, 16 K), Kevin Herget (12 IP, 3.00 ERA, 6 K), Richard Lovelady (10 IP, 6.30 ERA, 9 K)...

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Morning Briefing: Mariners Take Game 1 of ALCS

Good morning, Mets fans! Cal Raleigh homered and Jorge Polanco was clutch again with a pair of RBI singles for Seattle in a 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the ALCS. Bryce Miller gave up a leadoff home run to George Springer and nothing more, tossing six innings of one-run ball. The Mariners’ bullpen provided three scoreless innings two days after it threw 10 innings of relief...

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2025 Report Card: Ryne Stanek, RHP

Ryne Stanek Player Data: Age: 34 (7/26/1991) B/T: R/R Primary Stats: 4-6, 5.30 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 56 IP, 58 SO, 32 BB, 3 SV, 6 BSV, 65 G Advanced Stats: 76 ERA+, 22.7 K%, 12.5 BB%, 4.41 xERA, 4.40 FIP, 4.98 xFIP, 0.1 fWAR, -1.0 bWAR 2025 Salary: $4.5 million Grade: D 2025 Review Ryne Stanek had arguably the worst year of his nine-year career, posting the highest ERA of the seven seasons in which he...

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Clifford, Reimer, Benge Score High for Advanced Hitting Metrics

By traditional measures, minor leaguers Ryan Clifford, Jacob Reimer and Carson Benge all had excellent seasons at the plate in the Mets organization this year. More advanced data put together by Baseball America and released in an article posted Wednesday confirms that as well. Baseball America’s RoboScout model uses Statcast metrics and Hawkeye data collected throughout the minors,...

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