After finishing second in Rookie of the Year voting, Mets pitcher Kodai Senga came in seventh place in the Cy Young award results that were announced on Wednesday. Senga received three third-place votes and three fourth-place votes, giving him 15 points total. Interestingly, he did not receive any fifth-place votes. He finished one spot behind former Met Zack Wheeler, while Padres southpaw Blake...
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Isn’t this the best part of the year? All winter long, we fans at MMO get to play GM (or pres. of baseball operations in this winter’s case) and decide what the best course of action will be for our New York Mets. OFFSEASON PLAN NO. 1 – TOMMETS To clarify, whatever I suggest below will be a mixture between what I believe the Mets will attempt to pull off and what I think they should do. Of...
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Ask Mets fans which team is the greatest in club history, and most answers will probably start and end with the 1986 squad. But how can you ever really know how players and teams from different eras would compare? How would that ’86 lineup fare against the trio of Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, and Gary Gentry (or Jon Matlack) or a relatively healthy 1-2 punch of Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer over 7...
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Jeimer Candelario Position: 3B Bats/Throws: S/R Age: 29 (11/24/1993) 2023 Traditional Stats: 140 G, 576 PA, .251/.336/.471/.807, 22 HR, 39 2B, 70 RBI, 127 H 2023 Advanced Stats: 119 OPS+, 117 wRC+, 3.1 bWAR, 3.3 fWAR, 22.1 SO%, 9.2 BB%, .292 BABIP, .319 xwOBA, -4 DRS, 0 OAA Rundown The 2023 season was arguably the best of Jeimer Candelario’s career. A standout bat in a depleted...
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Good morning, Mets fans. On Tuesday, the San Diego Padres announced that their owner, Peter Seidler, died at the age of 63. He had been battling an illness for a while and his family requested his cause of death remain private at this time, according to an article from CBS Sports. Home Plate Gate at Petco Park in San Diego will be open for people who wish to pay their respects, according to a...
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Updated Post, 11/14/23 Surprisingly, the Mets protected only Alex Ramírez from the Rule 5 draft by placing him on the 40-man roster. That leaves Justin Jarvis, Coleman Crow, Joander Suarez and others listed below to get picked to an MLB roster in the December 6 draft. The team’s 40-man roster sits at 33 after adding Ramírez and placing Penn Murfee on waivers. He was claimed by the Braves....
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