Looking to build on the most impressive outing of his brief Mets’ tenure last Tuesday against the Giants, Max Scherzer spun a second straight gem against an upper-echelon National League club on Monday evening in St. Louis. In fact, Scherzer had a nearly identical line against St. Louis as his last outing, tossing seven more scoreless innings, allowing two hits, one walk and striking out...
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Many assumed that Taijuan Walker – firmly planted towards the back end of the Mets’ rotation, even after an All-Star Game appearance in 2021 – might open the season on the injured list given the shortened spring training schedule and his ongoing recovery from his January knee surgery. Yet there Walker was on the Citizens Bank Park mound on Monday night, making his first...
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The lockout is over! Whether the parties came to a fair agreement – and who “won” this round of collective bargaining – are questions to ponder on another day. For now, let us spend our considering what the 2022 Mets will look like. With free agency already back in full swing, and plenty of roster spaces to fill, you can rest assured the Mets’ new brain trust led by Billy Eppler is already hard...
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Carlos Rodón, SP Throws/Bats: L/R Date of Birth: 10/10/1992 (Age: 29) Traditional Stats: 24G, 13-5, 2.37, 132.2 IP, 185 SO, 0.957 WHIP Advanced Stats: 5.0 bWAR, 4.9 fWAR, 183 ERA+, 2.65 FIP, 2.4 BB/9, 12.6 K/9 Rundown After Noah Syndergaard’s surprising departure from the Mets to the Halos earlier this offseason, I wrote in my free agent preview of fellow righty Marcus Stroman that I thought the...
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Marcus Stroman Throws/Bats: R/R Date of Birth: 05/01/1991 (Age: 31) Traditional Stats: 33G, 10-13, 3.02, 179 IP, 153 SO, 1.145 WHIP Advanced Stats: 3.6 bWAR, 3.4 fWAR, 133 ERA+, 3.49 FIP, 2.2 BB/9, 21.7 K%, 2.61 K/BB Rundown With Noah Syndergaard’s sudden and surprising departure from the club earlier this offseason, the Mets’ already thin starting rotation appears in dire need of...
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