You’ve probably all seen the eye-popping numbers and highlights of big home runs that Mets top prospect Francisco Álvarez produced in 2021, but I recently had the chance to look over some of his Statcast data from 2021, and it’s equally exciting. Álvarez only played in 15 games with the Low-A St. Lucie Mets before he was promoted. Luckily for us, some of the teams in the Southeast...
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The Mets are expected to sign outfielder Simon Juan when the 2022 international free agency period begins according to Baseball America. Juan is expected to receive a bonus around $2 million. It’s important to note that these deals in the international free agent market have been worked on and in most cases, agreed upon years in advance. BA ranks Juan 14th in the upcoming IFA class and has...
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Tim Healey of Newsday reports that the Mets have hired former minor league pitcher Jono Armold to be their minor league pitching coordinator. Armold, 32, has been in the Texas Rangers organization since May of 2016, with the last three years coming as their pitching coordinator. He was their minor league pitching coach for the previous two-plus years. Prior to joining the Rangers, Armold was the...
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The Mets lost one of the most important cogs of their 2021 bullpen when left-hander Aaron Loup signed with the Angels early in the offseason, and it’s the one area they really haven’t addressed to this point. I would expect the Mets to sign multiple relievers when the lockout is over from a free agent class that has seen it’s top arm in Raisel Iglesias already sign. Top...
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The Mets began their second round interviews with managerial candidates on Tuesday when Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro talked with Mets owner Steve Cohen. According to Buster Onley of ESPN, Astros bench coach Joe Espada will interview on Thursday, and the second round wraps up with veteran skipper Buck Showalter on Friday. Billy Eppler and other front office members took part in the first round...
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