Baseball Prospectus has released their PECOTA projections for the 2021 season. After an extremely busy first offseason in the Steve Cohen era, they have the New York Mets finishing atop the National League East with a 95-65 record. The Mets finished the 2020 pandemic shortened season with a 26-34 record, which was tied with the Washington Nationals at the bottom of the barrel in the NL East....
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Good morning, Mets fans! With Super Bowl LV and the 2020 NFL season coming to an end, that means one thing… BASEBALL is on the horizon! We are just eight days away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Port Saint Lucie, FL. for Spring Training. Latest Mets News Bradford Doolittle of ESPN.com released his “Way-too-early 2021 MLB starting lineup rankings” on Monday. Doolittle has the Mets...
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It’s been a long time since we were this excited and interested in following the New York Mets throughout the winter. It’s also been a little frustrating and surprising that none of the biggest free agents (J.T. Realmuto, George Springer, or Trevor Bauer) actually landed in Flushing. Both of these statements can be true. But from this (admittedly optimistic) writer’s perspective, this off-season...
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With spring training set to begin in eight days, the Mets, like most other teams, are in the process of finalizing their roster, targeting some bullpen help and depth pieces. One interesting bullpen arm that remains on the free-agent market is veteran Trevor Rosenthal. At first glance Rosenthal, a right-hander, does not seem to fit with the Mets. The 30-year-old from Summit, Missouri would add...
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Citi Field will become a mega COVID-19 vaccination site on a 24-hour basis from Wednesday’s through Saturday’s according to New York City councilmember Mark D. Levine. According to Levine, the appointments will consist of 50 percent for taxi drivers, delivery drivers and food service workers from anywhere in New York City, and 50 percent for residents of Queens in eligible...
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Now that the NFL season if officially over, it’s time to start looking ahead to baseball season. Today will be the first installment of MMO’s NL East Positional Rankings. We will start this series by looking at the division’s first basemen. No. 5 Josh Bell It doesn’t feel right putting Josh Bell at the bottom of this list after his All-Star campaign in 2019. He belted 37 home runs with a...
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