Shane Bieber Position: RHP, B/T: R/R Age: 28 (5/31/1995) 2023 Traditional Stats: 21 G, 6-6, 3.80 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 128 IP, 107 K 2023 Advanced Stats: 2.1 fWAR, 3.87 FIP, 4.77 xERA, 20.1 K%, 6.4 BB% Rundown Shane Bieber is a fairly well-accomplished pitcher. He has a Cy Young, multiple All-Star appearances, an All-Star MVP, and a gold glove to boot. Not too shabby for a fourth-round pick and a...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Los Angeles Dodgers’ offseason has been one for the ages as they have spent over $1 billion on just two of their winter additions. While Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million contract has been official for over a week now, the Dodgers made the second of their two big signings official as they introduced Yoshinobu Yamamoto at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday. Among the...
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The Mets tried to sign Yoshinubo Yamamoto, offering him $325 million to come to Queens. He chose the Los Angeles and the Dodgers for the same amount of money. Without him, the Mets have two good starters in Kodai Senga and Jose Quintana and a whole bunch of question marks after that, including Luis Severino, Adrian Houser, David Peterson (when he comes back in May/June), Tylor Megill, Joey...
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The Major League Baseball off-season has been a bit slower than in years past, but one of the best outfielders available may be nearing a decision about his future. Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reported on Wednesday afternoon that the Boston Red Sox have been the most aggressive team in the pursuit of former Toronto Blue Jay Teoscar Hernández. Cotillo mentioned that the Los Angeles Angels have...
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Updated Post – Dec. 27 at 11:32 AM The Toronto Blue Jays continue their post-Christmas activity with the addition of utilityman Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Robert Murray of Fansided reports the deal is for two-years, $15 million with incentives that can bring it up to $16 million. IKF is a career .660 OPS hitter in 647 games between the Texas Rangers and Yankees. His value (10.1 bWAR) comes from...
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“The guys that I was watching as a kid? Dillon Gee and Jon Niese were my guys.” With their 13th-round selection in the 2023 MLB Draft, the Mets selected reliever Ben Simon, a right-handed pitcher from Elon University. Simon, just 21, spent three years at Elon in the Coastal Athletic Association, one of the strongest baseball conferences in the country. After Simon closed out his...
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