Pat Ragazzo of Sports Illustrated reports that the New York Mets have shown early interest in free agent starter Carlos Rodón as they look to add rotation help. The Mets had interest in Rodón last offseason as well before he signed a deal with the San Francisco Giants. Rodón, 29, declined his $22.5 million player option for the 2023 season earlier this week. The talented lefty is coming off a...
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According to our own Michael Mayer, the Mets have scouted Kodai Senga and Masataka Yoshida from Nippon Professional Baseball. Senga is a 29-year-old, right-handed starting pitcher from the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He has a career 2.42 ERA in 1340 2/3 innings pitched in NPB and is coming off a career year where he recorded a 1.89 ERA in 23 games. To go along with his stellar numbers, Senga hits...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Free agency is upon us and teams can now negotiate and sign players without restriction. The Mets have been active so far by locking up closer Edwin Diaz, along with picking up options of Carlos Carrasco, John Curtiss and Daniel Vogelbach. The team has also been linked to left-handed pitcher Andrew Heaney, according to Tim Healey of Newsday. The 31-year-old lefty, who...
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Jeff McNeil has won the National League Silver Slugger award at second base. McNeil deserving won the award after having one of the best bounce-back seasons of all time. After batting.251 with an 87 OPS+ in 2021, McNeil led the NL with a .326 batting average and finished with a 140 OPS+. The other candidates nominated for the award were Ketel Marte, Jake Cronenworth, Brendan Rodgers, and Kolten...
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Jacob deGrom, Chris Bassitt and Brandon Nimmo were three of the 14 free agents who were extended the qualifying offer by their teams. The 2023 qualifying offer is set at $19.65 million. If players accept it, they’ll play out the one-year deal and then become free agents again in the following offseason. The full list of players who received a qualifying offer are: Jacob deGrom Chris...
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Voting is now officially open for the 2022 All-MLB Team and the New York Mets have eight players on the ballot, with fans able to vote once every 24 hours for the best player at each position. The selections for the All-MLB Team will be announced from the winter meetings in San Diego, CA, on Monday, Dec. 5 on MLB Network. Voting ends at 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The Mets players on the...
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