3 UP Catching Up When Tomás Nido hit his first homer of the season, he was predictably met with the silent treatment from the Mets dugout. While he got the silent treatment, Mets catchers bats have been anything but of late. As noted by MMO’s Michael Mayer, Mets catchers have been the best in baseball in September. Nido and James McCann have combined for an MLB best 206 wRC+ and 0.8 fWAR...
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Updated Post – Sept. 9, 4:15 PM Rob Manfred told reporters on Friday afternoon that Major League Baseball notified the Major League Baseball Players Association today that MLB is prepared to voluntarily recognize the minor league players’ union. The MLBPA launched a campaign two weeks ago to unionize the Minor League Players. Original Post – Aug. 31, 10:00 AM The Major League...
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3 UP Great Starting Pitching While we justifiably focus on the trades Billy Eppler did not make, the game changing trade he did make was getting Chris Bassitt before the season started. Bassitt has been THE stabilizing force in this rotation. The Mets hit the low point in their season losing their NL East lead before Bassitt took the mound. Bassitt responded with another great performance...
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3 UP Escobar Hitting Again With Luis Guillorme and Brett Baty injured, the New York Mets had little other choice than to go back to Eduardo Escobar. Fortunately, Escobar has begun hitting again. In this series, Escobar was 3-for-10 with two homers, and four RBI. He also drew two walks. He’s now recorded a hit in six out of his last seven games. He appears to be heating up as the Mets near...
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3 UP Future Hall of Famers Looking at this Mets roster, there are three future Hall of Famers – Jacob deGrom, Francisco Lindor, and Max Scherzer. We saw deGrom and Lindor in this series, and they were great. After an SNY hit piece, Lindor rose to the occasion. He was 5-for-10 with a double and an RBI. He also made several strong plays in the field. With deGrom, it might as well have been...
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