Updated Post – March 23, 6:45 PM The Mets have avoided arbitration with 13 of their 14 arbitration eligible players, with recently acquired starter Chris Bassitt as the only player they weren’t able to settle with. We don’t have the dollar amounts yet for Tomas Nido and Drew Smith, but there’s the rest: Edwin Diaz $10.2M Pete Alonso $7.4M Brandon Nimmo $7M Dominic Smith...
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The New York Mets hosted the Houston Astros at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, FL on Tuesday night. Making his first appearance since July 7, 2021, Jacob deGrom looked to be in mid-season form as soon as the first pitch was thrown. Mets fans can take a deep breath now that his first outing back from injury is under his belt. The Mets would go on to win their second Grapefruit League game of...
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There’s good news and bad news from the baseball world today. Per Joel Sherman of The New York Post, MLB and the Players Association have reached a tentative agreement on a deal that will introduce some changes to the game in 2022. Firstly, and perhaps most importantly, rosters will be expanded from 26 to 28 through May 1 in order to compensate for the shortened spring training due to the...
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Houston Astros (0-3) vs. New York Mets (1-2) Tuesday, March 22, 2022 • 6:10 p.m. Clover Park • Port St. Lucie, FL RHP Jake Odorizzi vs. RHP Jacob deGrom SNY For the first time in as long as I can remember, the Mets have an early spring night game at home! Yes, I know spring training started late, but the point still stands, the Mets, at home during the spring, generally avoid 6 PM starts....
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While speaking with reporters on Tuesday afternoon in Port St. Lucie, New York Mets manager Buck Showalter provided injury updates on his banged-up starting center fielder and catcher. Starling Marte, who is suffering from a sore left oblique, hit off a tee on Monday for the first time since his injury. The Mets have been taking a cautious approach with the 33-year old outfielder, but Showalter...
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For the third consecutive year, MLB Network has ranked Jacob deGrom as the number one starting pitcher on their Top Ten Starting Pitchers Right Now show. DeGrom only pitched in 92 innings in 2021, but his dominance was too overwhelming to ignore. The Mets’ ace posted a minuscule 1.08 ERA with a 0.55 WHIP. He struck out 146 batters while only walking 11. Had injuries not cut his season...
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