Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Mets tried to acquire Mookie Betts from the Boston Red Sox this offseason before he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. According to Sherman, the Mets tried to offer packages centered around Brandon Nimmo and J.D. Davis that would’ve also included a top infield prospect, with Sherman mentioning Ronny Mauricio and Andres Gimenez....
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Jacob deGrom spoke to reporters at Port St. Lucie on Wednesday as he arrived at Spring Training. Coming off consecutive NL Cy Young Awards, the expectations are, obviously, very high for him going forward and while winning a third one is “definitely” a goal of his, there’s something else that he’s prioritizing more than that. “Most importantly, it’s a team...
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In ranking all of the farm systems, Baseball America has rated the Mets 25th putting them in the bottom six in the league. This is the fourth straight year the Mets have dropped in these rankings. If you want a more optimistic view, this is up three spots from where the Mets were at the 2019 midseason rankings. The Mets drop in these rankings is multi-faceted. Since 2015, we have seen players...
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3 Up 1. Mets Are Good While many correctly site the Mets could have and should have done more this offseason, the Mets have a team capable of winning the National League East in 2020. In fact, PECOTA rates them as the top team in the division. While this is far from a complete team, the bullpen should be better with Dellin Betances, and overall, the pitching staff may very well benefit from...
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From 2016-2018, few pitchers in Major League Baseball possessed a slider as nasty as Noah Syndergaard’s. His blazing fastball set-up the off-speed delivery and often it was his go-to pitch in a tough spot. The slider averaged 92 mph and had batters flailing at it with little success. In 2019, however, things changed for the New York Mets star. Syndergaard’s velocity on his slider was...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Only 10 more days until our Mets are in action! Latest Mets News Luis Rojas gave the Opening Day nod to the reigning Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom. Rojas also, somewhat surprisingly, only guaranteed a rotation spot to deGrom. In his presser, Dellin Betances mentioned that he is fully recovered from injuries that plagued him during the 2019 campaign. He added that...
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