Following star closer Edwin Díaz’s devastating patellar tendon injury at the World Baseball Classic, the Mets are in a predicament regarding their closer situation for the 2023 season. They have a couple of viable in-house options with prior closing experience in Adam Ottavino and David Robertson, but they could use a true replacement from outside the organization to fill his role and...
One of the top candidate to fill out the New York Mets’ bullpen is scheduled to undergo imaging. After the game, manager Buck Showalter mentioned Bryce Montes de Oca’s forearm as the potential ailment. The six-foot-seven flamethrower was one of two Mets (Starling Marte) to leave Sunday afternoon’s game early with injury. In the ninth inning, de Oca loaded the bases via three...
After losing Jacob deGrom via free agency, the New York Mets responded by signing future hall of fame pitcher Justin Verlander to a two-year, $86,666,666 deal. The 40-year-old pitcher finally made his first in-game appearance for the blue in orange Saturday afternoon against the Miami Marlins. Despite allowing an early run, Verlander settled down and turned in a solid, efficient outing. The game...
There were a plethora of positives to focus on for the New York Mets in the wake of their three-inning intra-squad game at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie on Friday. Chief among them was a solid outing from left-handed pitcher Joey Lucchesi. Lucchesi missed half of the 2021 season and all of 2022 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. He’s been slowly making his way back over the first couple...
Updated Post – Feb. 23, 13:55 Mets right fielder Starling Marte took live batting practice on Thursday in Mets camp off starter Kodai Senga. Marte also took full regular BP as he recovers from groin surgery. Buck Showalter told the media after BP that the Mets have a date in mind for when Marte will likely start playing in games, but don’t want to get it out there publicly yet....
Pitchers and catchers have reported to spring training and there’s already some juicy storylines to emerge just a week in. Star third baseman Manny Machado has said he plans to opt out of his contract with the San Diego Padres after the 2023 season. Speaking at the Padres’ spring training facility in Peoria, Arizona on Friday, Machado opened up to reporters about his plans for the...
Good morning, Mets fans! In the aftermath of a Friday afternoon trade that sent Luis Arraez to the Marlins, general manager Kim Ng said that Jazz Chisholm will move to center field. This move is interesting in that Chisholm has only ever played in the middle infield in his career, but with Arraez set to take over second base and Jean Segura and Jon Berti also entrenched in the infield, Chisholm...
When the Mets appeared to be signing Carlos Correa, they were set to trot out Correa and Francisco Lindor on the right side of their infield for years to come. Alas, that’s not happening, and it’s time to move on. Without Correa, the Mets long-term solution at third base remains in flux. The 2023 season will see Eduardo Escobar likely man the hot corner once again for New York as he...
Good morning, Mets fans! We are now entering week two of Carlos Correa watch as his negotiations with the Mets continue to be the main reason Mets fans log on to Twitter and read our articles (thanks by the way)! As the deal is reportedly coming closer than most fans think, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic detailed other moves the Mets can make once the deal is finalized. Of the moves the Mets...
Korean baseball star Jung-hoo Lee will be posted by his team, the Kiwoom Heroes, after the 2023 season, the team announced over the weekend. He’s generally viewed as the top KBO player who will transition to MLB over the next couple of seasons. Over six seasons and over 3,500 plate appearances, Lee has slashed .342/.407/.495/.902. He won the 2022 KBO MVP award after racking up 193 hits, 23...
Every collector has at some point seen a card that they wanted, couldn’t afford, and thought to themselves, “I’m going to own that card someday.” I began collecting cards when I was five years old. It was 1986 and the middle of the junk wax era. Baseball cards were being printed at a rate that every person on Earth could be given 400 new cards every year without getting one duplicate. I stopped...
Good morning, Mets fans! Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported that the Mets sold $1 million in single-game tickets on Wednesday, the day that it was announced Carlos Correa and the Mets had a deal. Steve Cohen made a promise to the fanbase when he became owner of the Mets that he would commit to winning. Last year’s 101-win performance coupled with the historic offseason the Mets are...
