Jeff McNeil is likely out three to four weeks after suffering what the Mets are calling a “low-grade” right oblique strain. McNeil first felt the injury after coming out of Monday’s spring training game against the Cardinals. According to Mets manager Carlos Mendoza this injury, while minor in nature, is “tricky,” so McNeil will go a week to ten days without...
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Updated Post – March 13 at 09:43 Mets’ starter Sean Manaea received a clean MRI and played catch earlier this week. Carlos Mendoza told reporters Manaea was symptom-free, and the left-handed starter feels nothing anymore with his previously injured oblique. Manaea is essentially restarting his spring training work up to the season. Original Post – Feb. 24 at 11:46 Coming into...
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As we get closer to Opening Day, the Mets offense seems poised to deliver the run support this team needs to compete for a division title. The pitching, however, is a different story. With injuries impacting both Sean Manaea and Frankie Montas, the two biggest free agent pitcher signings the team made this offseason, the starting rotation now sits within the hands of the depth David Stearns has...
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Brandon Waddell signed with the Mets in mid-December on the same day that Jared Young signed an MLB split deal with the team. This is notable because both players were coming back stateside after some time with the KBO’s Doosan Bears. Waddell was drafted by the Pirates in 2015 and made his major league debut during the shortened 2020 season. After the 2020 season, he was selected off waivers by...
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No. 6: Nolan McLean, RHP B/T: R/R Age: 23 (7/24/2001) Ht: 6’2″ Wt: 214 lbs Acquired: Third round of 2023 Draft from Oklahoma State University ETA: 2025 Previous rank: 23 2024 Stats: Double-A Binghamton: 2-8, 4.19 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 81.2 IP, 80 SO, 32 BB, 10 HR, 18 GS Single-A Brooklyn: 2-2, 2.57 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 28 IP, 36 SO, 10 BB, 0 HR, 7 GS Overview Nolan McLean is a versatile,...
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Paul Blackburn might have been feeling the heat in the race to make the Mets rotation following strong starts by Tylor Megill and Griffin Canning. He responded with his best performance of the spring by far, throwing four perfect innings in the Mets 2-0 over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday. Blackburn also had two strikeouts. “Anytime you go out there and put up zeros and have a good outing,...
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