Author: Michael Mayer

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the Braves have claimed outfielder Guillermo Heredia off waivers from the Mets. Heredia, 30, was designated for assignment last week when the Mets officially signed outfielder Kevin Pillar. The Mets had also recently signed glove-first outfielder Albert Almora Jr, pushing Heredia farther down the Mets depth chart. Heredia went 4-for-17 with two home...

Mets GM Zack Scott talked to reporters on Monday as the team had their first full squad workouts in Port St. Lucie. When Scott asked if the Mets were content with their current third base situation, he responded, “Yes definitely.” Scott went on to say that the Mets are comfortable with J.D. Davis atop the depth chart at third base. He also noted that the Mets are likely settled with...

Mets manager Luis Rojas told the media on Monday afternoon that Dominic Smith and Carlos Carrasco are among four players that have yet to report to Port St. Lucie. Monday is the first day of full squad workouts following pitchers and catchers last week. Rojas noted that the issues weren’t injury-related, wouldn’t name the other two players, and said he expected all four to join the...

Mets ace Jacob deGrom talked to the media for the first time on Friday afternoon from Port St. Lucie. The two-time Cy Young Award winner talked about the Mets busy offseason, Steve Cohen, and his future. The Mets continued their strong offseason on Friday when they signed starting pitcher Taijuan Walker. DeGrom is excited about what the Mets can do, “Looking around at the names in the...

MLB Network finished off their Top 100 Right Now countdown on Thursday night with the 10 best players on their list. Among them, Mets ace Jacob deGrom, at No.3, right behind Mookie Betts at No. 2 and Mike Trout leading the way. DeGrom was the only pitcher in the top 10, the second highest ranking hurler was the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole at No. 11. MLB Network had Cole ranked seventh and deGrom...