With the latest injury to Jacob deGrom, and with the Mets wanting to give Max Scherzer an extra day of rest, the Mets sent 2021 standout Tylor Megill to the hill to face off against the Washington Nationals on Opening Day. In the clubhouse the Mets were playing a J. Cole playlist to hype up the team ahead of the first pitch, and J.D. Davis was unsure who chose the music, as the starting pitcher...
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Following the turmoil of Saturday’s potential trade between the Mets and Padres where Dominic Smith was nearly traded to San Diego for Chris Paddack, Emilio Pagán and 2015 Mets villain Eric Hosmer, the Padres swung yet another deal for a star starting pitcher. This time the Padres traded for A’s lefty Sean Manaea. Manaea helps stabilize a rotation that features the likes of Yu...
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Various MLB writers and editors at ESPN came together and submitted over 20,000 votes to rank the 100 best players in MLB history, with multiple former Mets and one current Met on a list that had Babe Ruth at No.1. Here’s the methodology that ESPN used, “Based on career WAR, Hall of Fame status, peak performance and overall contributions to the game, we selected an initial pool of...
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Early Monday night, Jon Heyman reported the Mets have promoted Ben Zauzmer to assistant general manager. Zauzmer came to the Mets before the 2021 season from the Los Angeles Dodgers organization to be the team’s director of analytics. The Mets’ analytics department has expanded vastly under Zauzmer, up to north of 30 members. During the season, Zauzmer’s impact was felt...
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Quick answer, yes. Saturday afternoon, Mets owner Steve Cohen announced on Twitter that the organization has hired Buck Showalter to be their next manager. Jon Heyman later shared that it’s a three-year deal, which according to Mike Puma is believed to exceed Art Howe’s four-year $9.4 million contract as the largest for a manager in team history. I’m pleased to announce Buck...
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