Carlos Santana Position: 1B B/T: S/R Age: 38 (4/8/1986) 2024 Traditional Stats: 23 HR, 71 RBI, .238/.328/.420/.749, 26 2B, 594 PA 2024 Advanced Stats: 2.5 bWAR, 3.0 fWAR, 109 OPS+, 114 wRC+, 16.7 SO%, 10.9 BB%, .252 BABIP, .330 xwOBA Rundown If you plopped the season 38-year-old Carlos Santana had in 2024 into his prime, it wouldn’t look all that out of place. In fact, in his age 29 season...
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Well before his final appearance at the end of the 2018 season and even prior to the debilitating injury that would derail his career, it was a matter of when David Wright would get to see his number placed alongside Seaver, Hernandez, Piazza, and the other greats—not if. We now know the ‘when’ is July 19. That’s the day one of the best in franchise history joins the rest....
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets have inked lefty Brandon Waddell to a minor league contract. A fifth-round pick by the Pirates in 2015, Waddell spent most of the last three seasons in the KBO with a brief stop in the CPBL, pitching to a 2.98 ERA with 215 strikeouts against 65 walks in 244 2/3 for the Doosan Bears. 2023 was Waddell’s best professional season, posting a 2.82 ERA with 160...
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With their corner infield positions influx, pending the outcome of Pete Alonso’s free agency, the Mets announced the signing of free agent Jared Young to a one-year major league contract on Monday. According to Will Sammon of The Athletic, it is a split deal with a seven-figure upside. Young, 29, split the 2024 season between the Memphis Redbirds (the St. Louis Cardinals Triple-A...
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Jorge Polanco, INF Position: 2B, SS B/T: S/R Age: 31 (7/5/1993) 2024 Traditional Stats: 16 HR, 45 RBI, .213/.296/.355/.651, 4 SB, 43 R, 469 PA 2024 Advanced Stats: 0.3 fWAR, 93 OPS+, 92 wRC+, 29.2 SO%, 9.8 BB%, .274 BABIP, .311 xwOBA Rundown Jorge Polanco was traded to the Mariners last winter after a 10-year run in Minnesota that included an All-Star appearance, a 40-double season (2019) and a...
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Among 512 pitchers who tossed eighty or more innings in the minor leagues in 2023, New York Mets right-hander Christian Scott recorded the lowest walks plus hits per inning pitched (0.86) and Fielding Independent Pitching (2.33) while posting the best strikeout minus walk percentage (28.4%). Scott posted a 2.57 ERA in 87.2 innings pitched over three levels and was named the organization’s...
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