The Mets are entering the 2023 offseason with an absurd amount of flexibility. After the non-tender deadline, in which the Mets let go of five players, the Mets’ 40-man roster now sits at an minuscule 28 players, of which includes starting pitcher David Peterson, who is expected to miss the start of the 2024 season. With that, the Mets have just 27 healthy players on their 40-man roster,...
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MMO’s partnership with Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP) continues as our 16-team Mets Madness bracket is well underway. Next up, MMO and OOTP pit the 2022 Mets team against the 1999 Mets team. Jack Ramsey, MMO and Mets Minors writer, is set to control the 1999 team, while James Villani, MMO editor and writer, will control the 2022 team. Each round will be best-of-seven. We will be posting...
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Major League Baseball’s free agency is officially underway, and the Philadelphia Phillies have wasted no time opening up their checkbooks. Bob Nightingale of USA Today reported Sunday morning that the organization had come to an agreement with right-handed starting pitcher Aaron Nola, signing him to a seven-year, $172 million deal. According to Jon Heyman of the NY Post, there are no...
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The annual 40-man roster crunch was at center stage on Friday as teams scrambled to make decisions on whether or not to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players. As a result, the free agent pool saw an influx of players enter the market with a chance to reshape their careers after being non-tendered. Let’s take a look at five players from that bunch who best fit the New York Mets...
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Luis Severino Position: SP Age: 29 (2/20/1994) 2023 Traditional Stats: 19 G, 89.1 IP, 6.65 ERA, 1.646 WHIP, 79 SO, 35 BB 2023 Advanced Stats: 65 ERA+. 18.9 SO%, 8.2 BB%, 5.96 xERA, 6.14 FIP, 4.83 xFIP, -0.6 fWAR, -1.5 bWAR Rundown The former two-time All Star starting pitcher fell on extremely tough times in 2023 as he tried to come back from a plethora of injuries. However, prior to that, Luis...
Read MoreGood morning, Mets fans! On Saturday, president of baseball operations, David Stearns, added two to his front office as Andy Green (senior role in player development) and Kris Gross (vice president of amateur scouting) were added to roles within the organization. Latest Mets News Per Jeff Passan of ESPN, according to sources, Andy Green is taking a job in the New York Mets’ front office. Green...
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