Justin Verlander finishing his career with the New York Mets has a nice ring to it, but owner Steve Cohen needs to avoid dishing out a monster contract that will not age well and will only hurt this team a couple of years down the road. After another stellar year with the Houston Astros, culminating in a World Series, Verlander opted to become a free agent and hit the open market and is drawing...
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Dwight Gooden was the No. 5 overall draft pick in 1982 and quickly climbed the minor league ranks in 1983. Still, it was impossible to conceive this kind of a first season—one which easily earned him the National League Rookie of the Year. No Mets pitcher—not Tom Seaver, not Jacob deGrom, and not Matt Harvey—began his career with a better blend of fanfare and success than “Dr. K.” He...
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Free Agency has been a case of slow cooking so far with a lot of the big, flashy names still on the board. However, with some notable names non-tendered on Friday, Hot Stove season is now showing some signs of life when it comes to catching fire and giving us some actual news to digest. As a result, we at MMO are going to give you a quick recap of all the latest rumors involving the New York...
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Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, the Mets non-tendered Dominic Smith, making him a free agent. Smith had been with the Mets for parts of the last six seasons and he struggled to consistently produce with the team. The 2020 season, possibly in part because it was shortened, was by far his best season with the team as he produced a brilliant slash of .316/.377/.616/.993. His 2021 and 2022...
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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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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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