Going into the offseason, the Mets made it clear to first base prospect Dominic Smith that he needed to lose weight and get in better shape. It was also made clear that he was not guaranteed a starting job this season. Nobody was more publicly critical of the 22-year-old than GM Sandy Alderson who had this to say, as detailed by the New York Times: “He didn’t win it in September, let’s put it...
Read More
The Mets completed their infield on Monday night, after signing Todd Frazier to a two-year, $17 million contract. Despite the deal not being official yet, Kevin Kernan of the New York Post got thoughts from people in the organization at Port St. Lucie yesterday. Kernan caught up with Travis d’Arnaud at the field in which he had this to say on the acquisition: “It’s huge. He’s a solid...
Read More
Dwight Gooden tweeted again saying he made a mistweet and while he would love to work with the Mets pitching staff, he is currently not scheduled to do so. He is slated to work with a Japanese minor league team St. Petersburg, Florida. Original Post- Feb. 7, 11 a.m. Former Mets ace Dwight Gooden announced on Twitter this morning that he will be working with Mets pitchers in Spring Training this...
Read More
After trading away Josh Smoker, the Mets have put themselves in a bit of a situation, as they currently only have two left-handers on the entire 40-man roster. Those two are Jerry Blevins and Steven Matz. As a result, the Mets must find some options to fill their second LOOGY role in the bullpen. While the simple choice would be to just go sign a reliever such as Tony Watson or Fernando Abad,...
Read More
Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic reports that Todd Frazier and Eduardo Nunez are the leading candidates to be signed to fill the Mets infield need. He reports that the Mets are “reluctant” to bring back former-Met Neil Walker and that they have “no traction” in trade talks with the Pittsburgh Pirates for Josh Harrison. So if it is true that it is down to Nunez and Frazier,...
Read More
