Author: Michael Mayer

Robinson Canó Named Caribbean Series All-Star

Mets veteran second baseman Robinson Canó was named to the Caribbean Series All-Star team this week as he helps the Dominican Republic compete for a championship. The Dominican Republic team takes on Colombia on Thursday night for the crown. You can watch it on ESPN Deportes and there’s always a few links on YouTube as well. Here’s the first All-Star team: Catcher – Christian...

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Press Release: Mets Celebrate GKR With Bobblehead Giveaways

The New York Mets and SNY today announced a first-of-its-kind, three-piece, connecting bobblehead collector’s series featuring iconic SNY announcers Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling. The series, presented by Verizon and SNY, will provide fans the opportunity to collect three bobbleheads, each featuring one-third of the trio many consider to be the best booth in baseball. These...

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Watch: The Sweet Swing of Mark Vientos

Major League Baseball is currently in a lockout, I’m freezing my ass off (-1o when I woke up this morning), and there’s still a few days until the NFL playoffs get back underway, so let’s watch (and listen) one of the Mets top prospects hit baseballs. Mark Vientos hits baseballs very hard (michaelelwellperformance IG) pic.twitter.com/LPZ7vFTDw3 — John Flanigan...

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My Top 50 Mets Prospects

It’s that time of year folks! Prospects lists have started to trickle out for the 2022 season and I finally had the chance to put mine together. The Mets farm system has three top 100 prospects (the top 3 on my list) according to the recently released Baseball America list, though both Mark Vientos and Mattew Allan saw time on their previous top 100 list well. The Mets farm system saw...

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Mets Sign Lefty Reliever Alex Claudio

Baseball America reports that the Mets have Alex Claudio to a minor league deal in their latest roundup of transactions. Claudio, 29, pitched to a 5.51 ERA and 1.59 WHIP in 32 2/3 innings for the Angels during the 2021 season. He also had a career-worst 4.1 walks per nine innings and gave up six home runs in that span. His expected stats were a bit better in 2021 with a 4.76 expected ERA. The...

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