Mets General Manager Zack Scott was on Jon Heyman’s Big Tim Baseball podcast today where he detailed what he and the club would like to do ahead of next week’s MLB Trade Deadline. Over the course of the season, while the Mets pitching as been atop of the league in terms of starting pitching, injuries have caused upper management to consider kicking the tires on a top notch pitcher...
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Sources tell MetsMerized’s Jack Ramsey that 10th overall selection Kumar Rocker is not expected to pitch in affiliated ball for the Mets in 2021. The industry-wide consensus is that most, if not all, college arms are expected to be eased into their developmental tracks and programs this fall, and for most of them that will include not pitching professionally this season. Rocker, the...
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After just eight starts with Low-A St. Lucie, the New York Mets have promoted right-handed pitching prospect, J.T. Ginn to the High-A Brooklyn Cyclones. Ginn, the Mets No. 6 prospect according to MLB.com, posted a 2.56 ERA with the St. Lucie Mets through eight starts. He was 2-1 over those eight starts and struck out 35 over the course of 28.2 innings pitched. He had a 0.93 WHIP. Ginn’s velocity...
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After a frustrating start to the season, New York Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil has finally begun to look like himself at the plate. McNeil was off to an extremely slow start when he first returned from the injured list, hitting just .206 over the last eleven games of the month of June. Thus far in July, he’s turned things around at the plate, hitting .333 and posting a .429 on-base percentage...
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Coming off the All-Star break, the Mets had one of their more frustrating weekends of the season. Friday night, the Mets’ offense was yet again nonexistent, mustering just three hits against Chad Kuhl and the Pirates bullpen. Saturday night was even more frustrating for the Mets. After rookie Tylor Megill put together another solid outing, the bullpen struggled to hold the lead. Seth Lugo...
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Between the injury and the down year at the plate, it’s safe to say thus far the 2021 season has not gone as planned for New York Mets outfielder Michael Conforto. Conforto missed five weeks with a hamstring strain, and hit just .202 with a .301 slugging percentage, .646 OPS, 46 strikeouts, three home runs, and seven doubles over 52 games in the first-half of the season. While he mainly...
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