The New York Mets are a team with many question marks, no doubt. Joel Sherman of the New York Post takes a look at all of the things that could possibly go wrong for the kings of queens in the upcoming season. The team has high expectations going into the 2017 season as they look to make the playoffs for the third consecutive year for the first time in franchise history. There is no secret that...
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Las Vegas put out their odds to win the World Series in 2017 and not surprisingly the Cubs are overwhelming favorites to repeat as champions, at 15-4. The Red Sox follow that at 11-2. Rounding out the top five are the 2016 American League Champion Indians (8-1), the Nationals (10-1) and the Dodgers (14-1). The Mets, coming in 8th at 18-1 odds, also trail the Astros and Giants (15-1 each). Note:...
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Phillip Evans won the batting title on the final day of the Eastern League season in 2016 with a 4 for 6 game that capped an incredible breakout year. The 24-year old had a career season in 2016 hitting .335/.374/.485 in 96 games for the Double-A Binghamton Mets. He also set career highs in doubles (30), home runs (8), runs scored (53), RBI (41) and OPS (.826). The right-handed hitting infielder...
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As the deadline for exchanging arbitration figures between the players and their teams came and went on Friday, the New York Mets had themselves quite a busy day. With eight players still unsigned entering the day, the Mets came to settlements with seven players just before the team’s hard line “File and Trial” deadline. Jeurys Familia, Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Addison...
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While speaking to beat writers on Thursday, General Manager, Sandy Alderson advised that the New York Mets will expose both T.J. Rivera and Michael Conforto to new positions in spring training as reported by Adam Rubin of ESPN. Alderson confirmed a rumor that many of us believed would happen entering the 2017 season as Conforto will indeed put on a first baseman’s glove at times this...
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This The Mets have agreed to sign nine of their ten arbitration-eligible players to contracts. The only one remaining is Wilmer Flores, who according to ESPN’s Adam Rubin, will take the team to an arbitration hearing. According to FanRag Sports’ Jon Heyman, the Mets have filed at $1.8 million, while Flores is requesting $2.2 million. The front office took a harder stance on...
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