While most of the trade hoopla has surrounded the New York Mets two front-end starter in Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard, Jon Heyman of FRS Baseball reports that teams are showing interest in Zack Wheeler. The right-handed Wheeler averaged a career-best 97 mph in the month of June and has hit 99 mph multiple times recently which is sure to open the eyes of some teams looking for a back-end...
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If the New York Mets decide to go into full sell mode they will have to heavily sought after pieces in starters Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard in a market that will be starving for quality pitching. The Mets are more inclined to trade Syndergaard than deGrom according to recent reports and Jon Heyman of FRS Baseball was told by a Mets person that, “I can’t see how we’d do it without...
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 • 3:10 p.m. (ET) Coors Field • Denver, CO LHP Steven Matz (3-4, 3.31) vs. LHP Kyle Freeland (6-6, 3.59) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 For a second straight day the Mets bats showed up in Colorado but couldn’t dig the team out of the hole left by the starting pitcher. Last night the Mets bats worked early and late but ultimately could not overcome...
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New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo now has enough plate appearances to qualify among league leaders and he’s atop numerous categories in the National League. The left-handed hitting Nimmo leads the NL in slugging percentage (.585), isolated slugging (.301), wRC+ (172) and wOBA (.421). It’s amazing to see him slugging at a higher rate than guys like Freddie Freeman, Paul...
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Lots of recent discussions for the New York Mets trading a starting pitcher has surrounded around ace Jacob deGrom and young stud Noah Syndergaard with the crosstown New York Yankees being a team mentioned numoerus times as they to improve their rotation. It’s pretty clear the Mets aren’t going to trade the likes of deGrom or Syndergaard to the Yankees though Joel Sherman of the New...
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Deservedly so, Seth Lugo was not pegged with the loss in last night’s frustrating 10-8 implosion against the Colorado Rockies, instead taking a no-decision. Between the thin air of Coors Field, an inconsistent strike zone, questionable shifts, and some shoddy fundamental defense, it would be unfair to drop what evolved into a dysfunctional back-and-forth affair on Lugo’s shoulders....
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