Morning Briefing: Mets Banking on David Stearns For Next Offseason

Good morning, Mets fans! According to multiple reports, the Mets are hoping that Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns is available next offseason to come to New York. The reports say the Mets are operating under the belief that Stearns contract runs out after the 2022 and that he would have serious interest in coming to the new he grew up rooting for. The Mets have tried to...

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Report: Mets, Javier Báez’s Representation Met on Wednesday

While Sandy Alderson tries coming up with reasons as to why the New York Mets haven’t made any front office hires yet, the organization is still pressing ahead with trying to make roster upgrades for 2022. One of those options is bringing back their trade-deadline acquisition in Javier Báez. MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand shared the following report from the GM meetings, which are currently...

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Can You Name Every Mets PoBO and GM Candidate?

As the Mets president of baseball operations and general manager carries on, try and guess all the current and rejected candidates from the last month. Can you name all 20? [iframe]<iframe frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ id=”spFrame618c2732283d0″...

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Scott Boras: Conforto Is the “King of Queens”

MLB superagent Scott Boras held court at the GM meetings on Wednesday discussing his corral of clients entering free agency this offseason. Michael Conforto is the lone Mets free agent represented by him. “Conforto has been kind of the king of diamonds, little league world series, college world series. As a Met, he’s been an all-star and pennant winner,” Boras said....

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DeGrom Still As Nasty As They Come

I came across a very interesting article by David Adler of MLB.com, that highlighted the ten most nastiest pitches of the 2021 season. Among them was the resulting strikeout of this epic matchup on June 11, between Jacob deGrom and Fernando Tatis Jr. — a filthy 94.9 mph slider. Adler points out that the average Major League fastball is 93.5 mph. DeGrom is out there throwing sliders a...

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Contract Prediction Roundup: Where Experts Think Mets Players are Going

The offseason has just begun and free agent deals are already being signed. The Dodgers made the first splash signing Andrew Heaney to a one-year $8 million deal on Monday. The Mets have a whopping list of free agents this season, headlined by Marcus Stroman, Michael Conforto, Javier Baez, and Noah Syndergaard. Contracts also ran out for key 2021 contributors Jonathan Villar and Aaron Loup. Here...

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