Our own Jacob Resnick tweeted on Friday morning that the Mets have added top third base prospect Brett Baty to their 60-player pool. Baty, 20, was the Mets first round pick (12th overall) in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. The left-hitter slashed .238/.368/.452 with 16 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, and 33 RBIs across three levels in his first pro season. The Texas native finished...
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Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen had no idea he was on a hot mic when he openly talked about what Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred had as a plan for the Mets and Marlins game on Thursday night. Holy shit Rob Manfred is trying to force the Mets to pull a social justice awareness stunt tonight by having the players symbolically leave the field at 7:10 before returning an hour...
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Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen announced on WFAN that right-hander Michael Wacha will start tonight against the Marlins at Citi Field. Wacha had been on the injured list since August 9 with right shoulder inflammation. The 29-year-old has a 6.43 ERA in his first three starts with the Mets after signing a one-year deal in the offseason. Van Wagenen did not announce the corresponding...
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According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-handed pitcher Taijuan Walker from the Seattle Mariners. Walker, 28, is 2-2 with a 4.00 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, and 3.13 K/BB in five starts covering 27 innings for the Mariners this season. Walker signed a one-year, $2 million deal in February to return to the Mariners organization. The Blue Jays will send a player to...
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Jacob deGrom has now made 177 starts in his Major League career and allowed one or no runs in a record 83 of them. In those 83 games, deGrom has a 0.65 ERA and 32 no-decisons. Yes, you read that right, 32 no-decisions. And only 49 wins. For some reference, there’s 12 other pitchers with 83 games of one or no runs allowed in a start and the lowest win total among them is Jose Rijo with 55....
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