Good morning, and merry Christmas, Mets fans! The Mariners agreed to sign slugging righty Mitch Garver to a two-year contract worth $24 million. Garver played in 87 games for the Rangers in 2023, batting .270/.370/.500 (134 OPS+) with 19 homers in 344 plate appearances. Garver was productive in the postseason as well, cracking three homers and driving in 14 runs in 17 games. Most notably, Garver...
Read More
The New York Mets announced Sunday that they have agreed to a minor-league deal, with an invite to spring training, with right-handed reliever Chad Smith. Smith, 28 years old, has two short major-league stints under his belt. He spent a combined 31 2/3 innings with Colorado and Oakland in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Across that time, he’s posted a 7.11 ERA to go along with 32 strikeouts and a...
Read More
With the Caribbean Series coming to Miami, FL in the second week of February 2024, now is a good time to familiarize readers with the current landscape of winter baseball. What it is, what it’s like, where leagues are, and what the competition is like. For those that don’t know, the Caribbean Series is baseball’s Winter version of the UEFA Champions League. A tournament for the...
Read More
It’s no secret that 2023 did not shape out as the New York Mets had hoped from the onset of the season. However, the team still supplied a number of notable individual performances, especially on the pitching end. With that, let’s take a look at the top-five pitching performances of the Mets’ 2023 campaign. 5). Justin Verlander vs. CHW 7/19/23 In one of his final starts as a...
Read More
Good morning, Mets fans! According to Alex Speier of the Boston Globe, Shōta Imanaga is now planning on coming to the United States *after* the new year. He is fielding offers and those offers are expected to last past the new year. Latest Mets News According to USA Today, the Mets must pay a luxury tax that totals nearly $101 million. Per Maury Brown of Forbes, the Mets were one of eight clubs...
Read More
The New York Mets have to pay just under $101 million in luxury tax fees to Major League Baseball. According to the league, the Mets tax bill totals $100,781,932 million after they went above the luxury tax threshold for the second consecutive season. It is the highest luxury tax bill in major league history, which doubled the previous high of $43.6 million by the 2015 Dodgers. The Mets were hit...
Read More
