Entering Sunday afternoon’s contest against the St. Louis Cardinals, the New York Mets were on the hunt for a four-game sweep and a fifth-straight win. A sweep of St. Louis would have also marked New York’s first four-game sweep over the Cardinals since 1986. However, another short start by Carlos Carrasco, which extended his season-long struggles, put weight on a bullpen that...
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Back on July 3, the New York Mets, who were not yet in the fire sale mindset, made a move to acquire relief pitcher Trevor Gott in exchange for reliever Zach Muckenhirn. In the deal, New York also acquired former Met Chris Flexen, and his $8 million salary, but promptly designated him for assignment. The thought process was simple. Acquire a solid bullpen arm while eating the salary of a player...
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Late on Thursday evening, MLB Pipeline updated their top-100 prospect rankings and team-specific top-30 lists. This following Baseball America’s update earlier in the day. In the most recent edition of Pipeline’s rankings, the New York Mets have five prospects. This is the third most of any team in the league, only the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates, each with six, have...
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Baseball America updated their top-100 prospect ranking list earlier Thursday. With the update, the New York Mets now have four prospects in the league’s top 100. Interestingly enough, three of those four were acquired via trade at the deadline. Regardless, the Mets’ system is trending up fast, and this updated list demonstrates just that. The prize in the Max Scherzer trade was...
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It was another big day for two of the New York Mets’ top prospects. First off, one of the organization’s top pitching prospects, Blade Tidwell, led Double-A Binghamton to a 4-2 victory. Shortly after, one of the team’s top-hitting prospects, Jett Williams, led High-A Brooklyn to a 5-3 win thanks to a great day at the plate. Coincidentally enough, each were called up to their...
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