Author: Michael Mayer

MLB News: Joely Rodríguez Signs With Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox announced on Wednesday they’ve signed lefty reliever Joely Rodríguez to a one-year deal that includes an option for the 2024 season. Chad Jennings of The Athletic reports that Joely gets $1.5 million guaranteed for the 2023 season then has a team option of $4.25 million option with a $500K buyout for 2024. Rodríguez, 31, was acquired by the Mets in a rare April trade...

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MLB Non-Tender Tracker: Cody Bellinger Becomes Free Agent

The deadline to tender a contract to arbitration-eligible players is Friday night at 8:00 p.m. ET and we will keep track of all the notable players hitting the free agent market right here at MMO. Dodgers – OF Cody Bellinger, 3B Edwin Rios, UT Luke Williams  Mets – 1B Dominic Smith, RHP Sean Reid-Foley Royals – LHP Jake Brentz, RHP Ryan Webb Nationals – 1B Luke Voit, RHP...

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Mets Non-Tender Dominic Smith, Sean Reid-Foley

The New York Mets announced on Friday night that they’ve non-tendered first baseman Dominic Smith and Sean Reid-Foley. Both players become free agents putting the Mets 40-man roster at 33 players. The six other remaining arbitration-eligible Mets players–Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil, Drew Smith, Tomás Nido, Luis Guillorme and Joey Lucchesi–will be tendered contracts. Smith, 27, was...

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Mets Minor League Free Agent Tracker

On top of the long list of free agents the New York Mets have at the major league level, they also have a fair amount of players that hit the open market on the minor league level including a few that played in the majors in 2022. Catchers Jose Colina Jose Mena Oscar Campos Nick Dini Michael Perez – Played in six games with the Mets after being claimed off waivers from the Pirates....

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How Mets’ 2022 Draft Picks Fared in First Season

The Mets had a draft in 2022 that could be instrumental in the franchise’s future success that included two first round picks and five of the first 90 picks of the draft. I’m going to go over how each of the Mets’ draft picks did in their brief pro debuts during the 2022 season. Unfortunately, the Mets did not sign third rounder Brandon Sproat as he decided to play another year...

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