There has always been a lot of promise surrounding Michael Conforto. He flew through the minor leagues and came up about a year after being drafted. In 2017, it looked like he put it all together when he hit .279/.384/.555 with a .392 wOBA, 147 wRC+, and earned himself an All-Star appearance. Of course, the Mets can’t have nice things, though, and he dislocated his shoulder on a swing,...
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Dominic Smith has been a revelation this year in Spring Training, looking like a completely different player than the one the team saw previously and appears to be finally becoming the player the Mets they thought they drafted 11th overall in 2013. While it is only Spring Training, Smith is hitting .500/.565/.700 with one home run and six runs batted in. Of course, Smith is not going to hit .500...
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The Mets announced Tuesday morning that they had trimmed their MLB Spring Training roster by making 13 cuts, most notably optioning Chris Flexen, Franklyn Kilome, and Drew Gagnon. While Flexen and Gagnon made three appearances each over the first week of exhibition games, Kilome was absent as he recovers from Tommy John surgery. The presence of Kilome, a 23-year-old right-handed starter, as an...
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Jeff Passan of ESPN reports that there appears to be an increasing likelihood that there will be a change to All-Star game voting. In replace of the current system, an Election Day will be instituted where fans will have the opportunity to pick the starter for the game. This is one of the possible changes to the collective bargaining agreement made by Major League Baseball as well as the Major...
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Earlier this week, it was reported that the Mets had agreed to terms with many players on the roster who were not eligible for arbitration yet, except for one. That one player was the newly acquired Edwin Diaz as both he and the team submitted figures and were unable to agree to terms, resulting in the Mets simply renewing his contract for $607, 425. Diaz, 24, was part of the Mets’...
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New York Mets fifth starter Jason Vargas currently resides in the hottest of seats. As the fan base clamors for free-agent left-hander Dallas Keuchel, and while lower-level options remain unsigned, the Mets’ 36-year-old southpaw is having himself a fine spring, albeit through just two Grapefruit League appearances. Over 4.1 innings of work this spring, Vargas owns a 2.08 earned-run average...
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