J.T. Realmuto Position: Catcher Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 29 Traditional Stats: .266/.349/.491, 47 games, six doubles, 11 HR, 32 RBI Advanced Stats: 1.2 bWAR, 1.7 fWAR, 123 OPS+, 125 wRC Defensive Stats: 25% CS, -1 DRS, 2.2 FRM Back up the Brinks truck. J.T. Realmuto, the best catcher in baseball, is a free agent this winter and is projected to become the highest paid player at his position. With...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! The ALCS between the Tampa Bay Rays and Houston Astros begins tonight at 7:37 PM. The NLCS between the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers will begin tomorrow night at 8:08 PM. Latest Mets News Per Charles Gasparino of the Fox Business Network (FBN), a Major League Baseball ownership committee comprised of half a dozen owners discussed Steve Cohen’s proposed $2.4B...
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The Division Series match-up pitting the Mets against the 97-win Giants assumed the usual headliners: New York’s duo of Mike Piazza and Edgardo Alfonzo along with San Francisco’s power odd couple of Barry Bonds and former Met Jeff Kent, the likely MVP of the National League. Postseason baseball, though, has a way of placing the spotlight on the unheralded — those who happen to...
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Heading into this offseason, it’s clear the New York Mets must address their starting pitching concerns by adding one or two arms over the next few months, but could that include bringing back a player who opted out of the 2020 campaign? Potentially. Prior to Major League Baseball’s shutdown in March, pitcher Marcus Stroman was expected to take on a much larger role during his first...
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Trevor Bauer Position: Pitcher Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 29 Traditional Stats: 69 G, 73 IP, 1.73 ERA, 0.795 WHIP, 100 K, 12.3 K/BB, 1.1 HR/9 Advanced Stats: 0.3 fWAR, 2.7 bWAR, 2.88 FIP, 276 ERA+ It’s no secret that free agent pitcher Trevor Bauer likes to talk the talk. From chirping his opponents, to constantly criticizing Major League Baseball’s approach to growing the game (which...
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It’s not everyday that witnesses the resignation of the Vice-President of the United States. But then again it’s not everyday that a team which only won 82 games during the regular season is playing in a winner-take-all game 5 of the National League Championship Series. Surreal or not, unlikely or not, these events (and more) took place on a Wednesday afternoon, October 10, 1973. The...
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