The Mets announced on Monday afternoon they’ve signed right-handed reliever Hunter Strickland. He has been added to their player pool. Strickland, 31, struggled in 2019 with a 5.55 ERA in 24 1/3 innings between the Seattle Mariners and the Washington Nationals. The former 18th round pick allowed eight earned runs in 6 2/3 innings during Spring Training this year for the Nats and was...
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Major League Baseball released a statement on Monday night saying the owners voted unanimously to proceed with 2020 season under the terms of the March 26th agreement. In order to produce a schedule with a specific number of games, the owners are asking the Players Association to provied them with two pieces of information by 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The first is whether the players will be able...
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Mets slugger Pete Alonso has become the face of Dove Tail Bats, ever since breaking the rookie home run record with 53 dingers in 2019. Dove Tail has another client you might’ve heard of; Jeff McNeil. While the two All-Stars are huge walking advertisements for using Dove Tail Bats, the company’s story kicks off in a different realm of emotions for Mets fans. The 2015 World Series was...
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The Mets front office and amateur scouting department made a shrewd move in 2019 when they took right-handed pitcher Matthew Allan in the third round of the 2019 draft. It was shrewd because Allan was a first round talent that dropped due to expected asking price and the fact that the Mets took a legitimate first rounder in Brett Baty and second rounder in Josh Wolf (both of them expected to...
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The Mets took youngster Pete Crow-Armstrong with their first of six picks to kick off the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft on Wednesday night. The No. 19 pick is receiving high praise from the Mets organization and many other outlets covering the draft. Crow-Armstrong, 18, hit .514 and struck out once in 42 at-bats as a senior for Harvard-Westlake High School. The same school that first rounders...
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