Last week, MLB Trade Rumors released their salary arbitration projections. They’re usually pretty spot on, and the highlight was Pete Alonso making close to $16 million in his penultimate arbitration year. The most interesting case, though, is that of Dominic Smith. If the Mets tender him a contract, the maligned first baseman is projected to make $4 million in his third year of...
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Mets first baseman Pete Alonso was named one of the eight nominees for the NL Hank Aaron Award, which is given to each league’s best offensive player. Playing in 161 of the Mets’ 162 games, Alonso mashed 40 home runs and set the team’s single-season RBI record with 131. He also scored 95 runs, had a 143 wRC+ (nearly identical to his record-setting rookie season), stole five...
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MLB Trade Rumors released its 2023 salary arbitration estimates for all 30 teams on Monday. The Mets, who had the most salary-arbitration eligible players in the 2022 offseason, have significantly less heading into 2023 with players like Edwin Diaz, Seth Lugo, and Brandon Nimmo reaching free agency. As for this offseason, the Mets have eight arbitration-eligible players: Pete Alonso: $15.9...
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The MLB Division Series gets underway today with eight teams and four series. Three of them will be intra-division series. While sadly the Mets are not playing, we’ll still be following along with the action here at MMO. Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves, 1:07 P.M. The two remaining NL East teams–just as we thought–are facing off in the first game of the day. Max Fried...
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Amidst reports the Mets may seek out a president of baseball operations this offseason, they can rest their laurels on the fact they at least have someone leading baseball decisions as the offseason starts. Billy Eppler, hired last November, will lead the team in their most crucial offseason in years. The 101-win squad finished their 2022 campaign on as disappointing of a note as any Mets team...
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