Yoshinobu Yamamoto will begin to meet with Major League Baseball teams next week over the phone and on Zoom, according to Andy Martino of SNY. Yamamoto was posted on Nov. 20 and now, according to Martino, will begin meeting with teams at the start of next week. Yamamoto is highly coveted by the Mets, along with other teams such as the Yankees, Giants, and Red Sox. Yamamoto recently discussed his...
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There are a few main trees from which teams are constantly looking to pluck executives from. Those trees are the Guardians, the Rays, the Astros, and the Cardinals, or singular identities such as Theo Epstein. However, some individuals check multiple boxes. David Stearns is one. He was a highly sought-after individual and came from both the Guardians and Astros executive trees, having been part...
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CRAIG KIMBREL Position: RP Age: 35 (05/28/1988) 2023 Traditional Stats: 71 G, 69 IP, 3.26 ERA, 23 SV, 1.043 WHIP, 94 SO, 28 BB 2023 Advanced Stats: 132 ERA+, 33.8 SO%, 10.1 BB%, 3.28 xERA, 3.81 FIP, 46.7 HardHit% RUNDOWN Craig Kimbrel has truly aged like a fine wine. The righty signed a one-year, $10 million deal with the Phillies before the start of the 2023 season and outperformed his...
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Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, the Baseball United league in Dubai featured its first game between the East and West All-Stars, and there were several former Mets on hand. The most notable of the bunch was a 50-year-old Bartolo Colón, who showed he still has something left in the tank by retiring former Mets Robinson Canó and Alejandro De Aza, as well as Didi Gregorius in his first inning...
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Superstar two-way player Shohei Ohtani hit free agency at an interesting time in his career. He’s coming off his second unanimous American League MVP Award-winning season but is recovering from Tommy John surgery. By the All-Star break, Ohtani was hitting .302/.387/.659/1.046 and already slugged 32 home runs, 15 doubles and drove in 71 batters. While pitching, he was 7-5 with a 3.50 ERA...
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Former New York Mets catcher Ron Hodges passed away on Friday at the age of 74. Hodges died at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital after a short illness, Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said. Hodges spent all 12 seasons of his major league career with the Mets. The Virginia native was drafted in the second round of the 1972 draft by the Mets. Hodges made his big league debut on the 1973 Mets team that...
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