Good morning, Mets fans! The Braves have signed 2022 All-Star Garrett Cooper to a minor-league contract with an invite to spring training. Cooper split time between the Cubs and Red Sox in 2024, batting .206/.267/.299 with one homer in 116 plate appearances. He also played briefly for the Norfolk Tides in the Orioles organization, posting a .914 OPS in 84 plate appearances. Cooper spent six...
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Austin Voth Position: RP B/T: R/R Age: 32 (6/26/1992) 2024 Traditional Stats: 68 G, 61 IP, 3.69 ERA, 1.049 WHIP, 61 SO, 18 BB 2024 Advanced Stats: 100 ERA+, 24.6 K%, 7.3 BB%, 3.27 xERA, 4.12 FIP, 3.93 xFIP, 0.0 fWAR Rundown New York Mets fans will remember Austin Voth from his tumultuous five-year tenure with the Washington Nationals. From 2018-2022, with the Nationals, Voth posted a 5.70 ERA...
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Two New York Mets teammates, Jose Siri and Huascar Brazobán, like many major leaguers, played winter ball this offseason. Each played in the Dominican Winter League (LIDOM) for Gigantes del Cibao. Unfortunately, at 22-27, Gigantes did not make the postseason and their season conclude. Siri, himself, one of the newest New York Mets, had himself a nice LIDOM season. In total, Siri got 50 at-bats...
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Good morning, Mets fans! According to The Athletic’s Will Sammon, if the Mets take Pete Alonso up on Scott Boras’ proposal for a three-year deal with opt-outs, the deal would look like three years, $93.3 million, with deferrals lowering the deal’s present-day value. Latest Mets News Sammon also reported the Yankees and Cubs have checked in on pitcher Brooks Raley. Over the past two seasons...
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Félix Mantilla, who was the Mets’ third baseman for their inaugural 1962 season, has passed away at 90 years old. Born in Isabela, Puerto Rico, Mantilla was signed by the Milwaukee Braves after the 1951 offseason, where he played in the minors with Hank Aaron and was apart of one of the first two integrated teams in the Southern United States. Mantilla was called up to the Braves in 1956,...
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Ryan Yarbrough, LHP Position: LHP B/T: R/L Age: 33 (12/31/1991) 2024 Traditional Stats: 98.2 IP, 3.19 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 5-2, 1 SV, 65 SO, 32 BB, 44 G 2024 Advanced Stats: 1.2 bWAR, -0.1 fWAR, 123 ERA+, 16.3 K%, 8.0 BB%, 4.16 xERA, 4.64 FIP, 4.84 xFIP Rundown Ryan Yarbrough was designated for assignment by the Dodgers in August and then traded to Toronto for Kevin Kiermaier after pitching to a 3.74...
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