The New York Mets are going to be an exhilarating rollercoaster ride throughout the 2024 season. We got evidence of why throughout the series loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Mets dropped the first two games to St. Louis, an extension of an unwanted streak that saw the team lose five of its last six after previously winning four straight series. With a second consecutive series loss already...
Sean Manaea and the Mets took the field in Tampa, Florida, for their final game in the Grapefruit League, looking to end the spring on a positive note. While the team eventually fell 3-0 to the Yankees, and ended their spring with a record of 15-14, Manaea looked sharp against a lineup that included many Yankee regulars. After allowing a leadoff single to Gleyber Torres in the bottom of the...
Good morning, Mets fans! Edwin Díaz is going to be leaving Port St. Lucie for a couple of days as he is going back to New York for the birth of his third child. Díaz made his long-awaited return this week as he struck out the side in the top of fifth on Monday, after walking in to his infamous trumpet entrance song. Along with that came a video of Díaz’s wife Nashaly and their two children...
Good morning, Mets fans! After months of speculation and weeks of negotiating, the New York Yankees finally completed the trade to acquire star outfielder Juan Soto from the San Diego Padres. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported last night that the trade was finally official as the Yankees will be adding their second and third outfielders of the off-season. Along with acquiring Juan Soto,...
Good morning, Mets fans! Late on Wednesday night, the Angels made the first big move of the trade deadline as they acquired White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito and relief pitcher Reynaldo López. In return for the California native, Chicago landed the Angels’ second and third-ranked prospects in catcher Edgar Quero and left-handed pitcher Ky Bush. Giolito has a 3.79 ERA on the season...
The 2023 Major League Baseball season features some new looks. There are pitch clocks, larger bases, shift restrictions, and pitcher disengagement from the rubber limits. The idea behind all of these innovations is to decrease “dead air” during games, and encourage more in-game action, with more hits, greater numbers of stolen bases, and an increase in balls put in play. We know that...
Good morning, Mets fans! Abbey Mastracco of The Daily News is reporting that Mets prospect Mark Vientos could be an option anywhere in the infield. Vientos came with three different fielding gloves to player several different positions and could realistically be another first baseman option behind Alonso and current designated hitter Daniel Vogelbach. “I’m ready to play in the big leagues every...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Thursday, it was announced that Mets prospect Ronny Mauricio won MVP of the Dominican Professional Baseball league, receiving 61 of 69 votes for the award. As a result, Mauricio will receive a brand new Chevy Colorado MVP Edition truck. The 21-year-old had five home runs, 31 RBIs and an .803 OPS in 47 games. He is currently the Mets’ sixth-ranked prospect and...
Recently we have seen some Major League Baseball contracts with longer-than-usual durations. Consider Trea Turner’s deal with the Philadelphia Phillies (11 years), Carlos Correa’s contract with the San Francisco Giants (13 years), and Xander Bogaerts’ contract with the San Diego Padres (11 years). Teams and players are free to negotiate mutually beneficial deals, but if...
In 2015, the National Football League had “Deflategate,” when the New England Patriots were accused of supplying under-inflated footballs during home games while they were on offense. The idea was that such balls were easier to throw and catch. Now, Major League Baseball may be on the precipice of its own scandal involving game-used balls, centering on the weight of the baseball....
Aaron Judge is heading back to the Bronx. The 2022 AL MVP has an agreement to return to the Yankees, according to MLB.com’s Jon Morosi. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the deal is worth $360 million over nine years. It was reported on Tuesday, who led MLB with 62 home runs in 2022, was in agreement with the San Francisco Giants, but that reported was quickly retracted. Instead,...
Brandon Nimmo and the New York Mets have remained in contact but the two parties aren’t expected to meet in person this week at the MLB Winter Meetings, per Mike Puma of the New York Post. Nimmo is in San Diego as big name free agents begin to fall off the board and his market seems pretty intense with the outfielder market razor thin after Nimmo and superstar slugger Aaron Judge. The...
