Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic sat down with Mets’ first base coach, Ruben Amaro Jr., to discuss his career, both as a GM and a coach. Amaro Jr. revealed that he has expressed interest to ownership about wanting to interview for the GM vacancy this offseason and that they “were appreciative of [his] interest.” The 53-year old served as the Philadelphia Phillies’ GM from...
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Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, and Zack Wheeler. Those three pitchers have something in common. And no, it’s not just that they are all pitchers, are right-handed, and play for the Mets. The commonality is that they all rank in the top five in the National League in fWAR. DeGrom is the leader of the bunch, and in the NL as a whole, with a 7.4 fWAR. Considering the fact he leads all of...
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While the Mets continue to play the month of September with no hopes of a playoff spot, the team has shifted its hopes into another issue regarding the club: their future. The team, as detailed by Mike Puma of the New York Post, is hopeful that some of their answers, long-term, are going to come from within. One of those (Brandon Nimmo) has been producing all season and will, without a doubt,...
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St. Lucie Met southpaw, David Peterson, was named the FSL’s Player of the Week. Across all minor-league affiliates, he’s the fifth Met to earn that distinction this week. On Saturday, Peterson twirled another terrific start, pitching five shutout innings. More impressively, he struck out nine batters and didn’t issue a walk. He only permitted two hits, which marked the fourth...
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As detailed by Anthony Dicomo of MLB.com, the Mets saw the good and the bad of Jay Bruce last night as the outfielder showed his hitting prowess, but also his defensive ineptitude at first base. On the positive side, his bat has looked solid since returning from the disabled on August 24, and last night was another example of that as the 31-year-old went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. The...
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Jason Vargas started for the Mets on Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers and the results were not quite to the liking of many. In his last five starts (22 2/3 innings pitched), Vargas had only allowed five runs while striking out 18 batters in that span. Meanwhile, he saw his ERA dip from 8.10 to 6.56 (obviously neither is that appealing to the eye), and came into last night’s...
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