There’s only one month until spring training starts, with pitchers and catchers reporting on February 10. With that in mind, the New York Mets still have some holes to fill before the 2025 season. They addressed adding another superstar (Juan Soto), starting pitching (Sean Manaea, Clay Holmes, Frankie Montas), signing an outfielder and platoon bat (Jesse Winker), and signing a reliable...
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They’ve struck again. Merely a few days after inking starting pitcher Roki Sasaki, a pitcher the New York Mets had interest in, the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a deal with left-handed reliever Tanner Scott, per Mark Feinsand. The Mets also had interest in Tanner Scott but decided to sign A.J. Minter to a deal. The deal is reportedly for four-years, $72 million, and the Dodgers add him to...
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One of the biggest surprises of the 2024 New York Mets was the emergence of pitcher Sean Manaea. The Mets signed Manaea to a one-year deal, hoping he could provide some depth in the starting rotation. Instead, they got a pitcher who found a groove and showed he could be a top-of-the-line starter as he led the rotation to the NLCS. Manaea finished the season 12-6 with a 3.47 ERA. The Mets were...
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Updated Post: Dec 23 at 11:30 am According to Will Sammon of The Athletic, the contract has $23.25 million in deferred money. It’s a 10-year deferral period, which starts in 2035 and ends in 2044. Jon Becker of FanGraphs notes the AAV of Manaea’s contract will decrease to $22,023,552.34 (total value of $66,070,657.03) for luxury tax purposes, assuming the yearly deferral amount,...
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After signing Juan Soto, the Mets’ attention now shifts to other needs around the club, mainly pitching and the starting rotation. The rotation already saw the departure of Luis Severino to the Athletics and Jose Quintana to free agency. Another pitcher who is a free agent is Sean Manaea. Manaea emerged as the Met’s ace in 2024 in the absence of Kodai Senga due to injuries. The Mets...
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