Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week Mike and I breakdown the Mets disappointing first half: poor starting pitching, an overworked bullpen, and an inconsistent offense…who should share the blame? We also discuss the few bright spots so far in 2023, with the emergence of Francisco Álvarez leading the way, and Mike updates us on the newest Mets draft picks from Day 1 on Sunday....
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Today is Day 3 of the 2023 MLB draft, and the Mets will have 10 picks across the remaining 10 rounds. These 10 rounds are not tied to the bonus slot pool money from the first 10 rounds as long as the player doesn’t sign for more than $125,000. If a player does sign for more than that, it counts toward the team’s overall pool money ($8,440,400). Here are the Mets’ 13 picks so...
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At the start of the season, the Mets’ starting pitching was expected to be the team’s strong point. Although they had to cope with the departure of Jacob deGrom, they managed to fill the gap by signing the AL Cy Young winner and World Series champion Justin Verlander. The losses of Chris Bassitt and Taijuan Walker were balanced out by the additions of Kodai Senga and Jose Quintana....
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The New York Mets were one of the teams under the spotlight in Day 2 of the 2023 MLB Draft for having a good amount of picks in between Rounds 3-5. Out of the 11 picks that the Mets made, seven of them were pitchers, including their third-round pick in Nolan McLean, who was selected as a two-way player. The Mets also grabbed two young shortstops in A.J. Ewing and Boston Bora and then finished...
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At 42-48, the New York Mets’ 2023 season is on the rocks at the season’s artificial midway point. Pete Alonso was the team’s lone All-Star before injury replacements, and he was a commissioner selection to give the Mets one representative. That is emblematic of the across-the-board underachievement of this Mets team. Finding three ups for the whole pre-All-Star break slate was...
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The New York Mets enter the All-Star break with mixed feelings, as they swept the Arizona Diamondbacks to open the week and carried a six-game winning streak through the start of their series with the San Diego Padres before ultimately dropping the final two games of the three-game set. During that stretch, the offense leaned heavily on Francisco Álvarez’s power stroke, while newly minted...
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