On Wednesday night, Jacob deGrom became the fourth New York Mets pitcher to win the National League Cy Young Award. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America confirmed deGrom’s dominance with 29-of-30 first-place votes. Full voting results can be found here. Jacob deGrom reached a level of excellence that only Tom Seaver (1969, 1973, 1975), Dwight Gooden (1985), and R.A. Dickey...
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Peter Alonso has been a major talking point this offseason for the Mets as the team continues to decide what to do at the first base position next season. The team has multiple avenues it could pursue which include using Jay Bruce, Dominic Smith, Wilmer Flores, and/or Alonso at the position while also having the option of trading or signing someone like every other team in baseball does. Brodie...
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The New York Mets have had a number of down seasons with 2018 being one of them. There were some bright spots this past season with Jacob deGrom emerging as the best pitcher in baseball being one of them. This is reminiscent of how many times we have seen different Mets players have great seasons in what has been an otherwise lost year for the franchise. The last time we saw anything like...
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Manny Machado Position: 3B/SS Bats/Throws: R/R Age: July 06, 1992 (26) Traditional Stats: .297/.367/.382, 188 Hits, 35 2B, 3 3B, 37 HR, 107 RBI, 14 SB Advanced Stats: 5.7 bWAR, 6.2 fWAR, 146 OPS+, 141 wRC+, .304 BABIP In the stacked 2018-2019 free-agent class, only one player has won multiple Gold Gloves and garnered MVP votes in the last few years. This player is joining the free agent market...
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Before everyone takes the time to look at the actual picks I made for this article, I would just like to point out that I had so many options to pick from, that it was extremely tough to choose just five to make the list and they are in no particular order. DeGrom, 30, has already made such a lasting impact in the New York Mets organization in his five years pitching with the MLB club. In terms...
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Good Morning Mets Fans!!! Tuesday was the first truly slow day of the off-season, but there was still some important nuggets that were unearthed. White Sox Shopping Avisail Garcia According to MLB Trade Rumors, the White Sox are shopping corner-outfielder Avisail Garcia. Garcia, 27, has two more years of club control before he becomes a free agent after the 2020 season. Garcia is a career...
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