Defining how valuable a player is and how much any player is worth in terms of a dollar amount is a tricky proposition teams have every offseason. The ultimate goal in building a roster is, of course, to find talent, but also, importantly, get that talent at a rate that makes sense and won’t harm the team in the long run. This is exactly the battle the New York Mets are currently having...
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The 2025 baseball season is slowly approaching. The New York Mets have made several moves during the offseason that will impact their payroll both presently and going forward. As it stands, the Mets’ current competitive-balance tax (CBT) 40-man payroll sits at $296.1 million. A figure, pending any additional moves, that currently sits $60.4 million less than the end of the 2024 season....
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Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on December 29, 2024. We’re re-running today with Hall of Fame results announced this evening. On January 21, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America will reveal their ballot results and any new entrees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be announced. To be elected, those on the ballot must receive at least 75% of the...
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Scott Barlow Position: RP B/T: R/R Age: 32 (12/18/1992) 2024 Traditional Stats: 63 G, 55 IP, 4.25 ERA, 1.364 WHIP, 68 SO, 31 BB 2024 Advanced Stats: 96 ERA+, 28.2 K%, 12.9 BB%, 4.17 xERA, 4.02 FIP, 3.78 xFIP, 0.0 fWAR Rundown The 31-year-old Scott Barlow had two back-to-back elite seasons in 2021 and 2022, before some surface regression the last two seasons. Over that two-year period, Barlow...
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Austin Voth Position: RP B/T: R/R Age: 32 (6/26/1992) 2024 Traditional Stats: 68 G, 61 IP, 3.69 ERA, 1.049 WHIP, 61 SO, 18 BB 2024 Advanced Stats: 100 ERA+, 24.6 K%, 7.3 BB%, 3.27 xERA, 4.12 FIP, 3.93 xFIP, 0.0 fWAR Rundown New York Mets fans will remember Austin Voth from his tumultuous five-year tenure with the Washington Nationals. From 2018-2022, with the Nationals, Voth posted a 5.70 ERA...
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