Good Morning, Mets fans! Tonight, the New York Mets will host the Oakland Athletics in an inter-league matchup. A rematch of the 1973 World Series for those who were around for that. The game yesterday afternoon was a weird win to say the least. Seth Lugo was strong but stumbled late. The offense only had Lucas Duda’s home run until the eighth. Down 2-1, Wilmer Flores homered coming off...
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The Milwaukee Brewers have shown interest in acquiring New York Mets closer Addison Reed according to Marc Carig of Newsday. Multiple reports say Reed has garnered strong interest on the trade market as several playoff hopeful teams look to improve the back-end of their bullpen. Reed, 28, has been good again for the Mets in 2017 with a 2.35 ERA and 1.03 WHIP in 46 innings. He’s been the...
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It has become very much apparent that most of the Mets assets are not likely to garner any significant interest on the open market, excluding Addison Reed. And so, after seeing how the White Sox put Todd Frazier, David Robertson, and Tommy Kahnle together to get the prospect they wanted, OF Blake Rutherford. I suggest the Mets do the same. I think we would all prefer to get one team’s...
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According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, New York Mets left-handed pitching prospect Thomas Szapucki underwent Tommy John Surgery yesterday in New York City. Szapucki, 21, was 1-2 with a 2.79 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 27 strikeouts compared to 10 walks in 29.1 innings for the Columbia Fireflies this season. The Mets fifth round pick in 2015, had a breakout season last year when he 86 strikeouts and a...
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This afternoon, the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 3-2 to split their four-game series. Pitching Seth Lugo started for New York and was dominant early before starting to struggle later in the game. This has been a trend for Lugo and something to keep an eye on. He gave up a RBI double to Tommy Pham in the sixth, and started the seventh but departed with two outs. He...
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According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, the Miami Marlins are trading right-handed setup man David Phelps to the Seattle Mariners and receiving four prospects in return. Phelps, 30, has a 3.45 ERA, 1.340 WHIP and has 51 strikeouts in 47 innings this year. He will be a free agent following the 2018 season. The top prospect the Marlins will receive is 19-year-old outfielder Bryan Hernandez. MLB...
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