Compared to the 2020 New York Mets, the current group getting ready for 2021 in Port St. Lucie is much improved. One area that’s seen a major lift in expected production from top-to-bottom is the starting rotation. If we’re simply talking about the five hurlers expected to occupy the rotation at some point, the transformation this area of the roster has gone under in just a couple of...
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Well, another free-agent bullpen target for the New York Mets is reportedly heading elsewhere for the 2021 season. Jon Heyman first broke the news earlier on Thursday morning that the Oakland Athletics were in agreement on a one-year, $11 million contract with reliever Trevor Rosenthal. Further clarifying the reported move, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal noted that the agreement between the...
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There may be more snow getting dumped in the northeast right now, but the sights and sounds of spring can’t be ignored. Like pitchers partaking in PFPs, catchers doing their own receiving drills, and media sessions taking place. Spring training for the New York Mets has officially begun in Port St. Lucie, and it’s impossible to not feel excited about everything going on. Whether your team...
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While we’re all excited for baseball to make its triumphant return, there may not be many people more excited than New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso. In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Post, there were plenty of things discussed. What interested me the most, though, were the snippets about himself and how he’s feeling after what was a weird and frustrating sophomore season in...
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With many inches (and, in some cases, multiple feet) of snow getting dumped on the northeast portion of the United States the last couple of weeks, I’ve been looking for as many signs of spring as possible to distract myself. Sure, baseball fields are under a bunch of snow up here right now, but they’re thankfully not in Florida or Arizona. The New York Mets (along with the rest of Major League...
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