Good Morning, Mets fans! Baseball activities resume today for the Mets! Latest Mets News Per Baseball America, the Mets signed a 21 year-old Venezuelan pitcher that hits 100 MPH with his fastball. Kurt Rappaport, a LA real estate developer, has thrown his hat into the ring to own the Mets, per the NY Post. Former Met closer AJ Ramos signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers, per Ken Rosenthal...
Good Morning, folks! The Mets to the Nation’s Capital to take on the Nationals. Jason Vargas gets the ball for New York. The Mets lost 4-0 to the Phillies last night. Noah Syndergaard gave up a couple of homers and the Mets offense did not do much. Latest Mets News The Mets shut down Zack Wheeler. Wheeler saw a 101 inning jump from 2017 to 2018 plus he missed all of 2015 and 2016. Wheeler...
As per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, the Mets are taking precaution with reliever AJ Ramos and have decided to send him back to New York to have his right shoulder checked out. The 31-year-old right-hander was reportedly complaining of shoulder tightness after yesterday’s game. Ramos has a career 3.07 ERA in 374 total appearances with a 1.27 WHIP, and 10.5 strikeouts and 4.9 walks per nine...
Zack Wheeler held the Cincinnati Reds to just one run in six frames on Tuesday, but the Mets couldn’t pick up the slack offensively as they lost 2-1 in extra innings. Felt good. Got control of the strike zone and pounded the zone,” Wheeler said. “(Catcher Devin Mesoraco) called a nice game back there and I felt like I’ve thrown to him a few times now. Always good when you have...
Though this last New York Mets homestand didn’t result in any wins, two key pieces in the Mets’ bullpen who weren’t all that sharp to start the season have begun to find their strides. Jerry Blevins and AJ Ramos were expected to be two solid mainstays on the mound late in games for the Mets this season. While neither has been all that bad over the team’s first thirty-odd...
The Mets got their first helping of humble pie with an epic meltdown in the eighth by their major league best bullpen, as Washington gave New York a taste of their own come from behind medicine. “We can’t let this put us into a tailspin,” Mickey Callaway said. Staked to a 6-1 lead, Jacob deGrom had the Nationals in the palm of his gifted right hand. Riding high on his seven-frame gem of an...
Mets manager Mickey Callaway’s uncanny moves are so on the money that it begs the question, “Is he clairvoyant?” After counterpart Don Mattingly pulled rookie left-hander Jarlin Garcia after six scoreless innings in his first major league start, the Mets took a bite out of the Marlins bullpen, rallying from a 1-0 deficit to extend their winning streak to eight. Monday morning quarterbacking in...
NEW YORK METS (7-15) vs. HOUSTON ASTROS (15-7) Monday, March 19, 2018 • 1:05 p.m. FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches • West Palm Beach, FL LHP Steven Matz (0-3, 10.80) vs. RHP Justin Verlander (0-1, 2.40) MLB Network and WOR The New York Mets will take on the reigning World Series champion Houston Astros this afternoon at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. Steven Matz will be opposed by Justin...
When the New York Mets acquired AJ Ramos from the Miami Marlins last season, we all knew it was a move Sandy Alderson was making while looking ahead to 2018. Well, here we are. After looking good over his first month in Flushing last season, pitching to a 2.31 ERA in August, Ramos got hit hard in September that left the Mets and their fans a little short-of-confidence in him heading into this...
The Mets bullpen is starting to take shape as we head into 2018. It would seem likely that the Mets will mostly add a few guys on cheap contracts and hope they can provide value. Someone like Tony Watson or Seung Hwan Oh. The current bullpen looks like Jeurys Familia, Jerry Blevins, AJ Ramos, Anthony Swarzak, Paul Sewald, Jamie Callahan,/Hansel Robles,/Jacob Rhame, Zack Wheeler/Robert...
3 UP 1. Mets Sign Swarzak Heading into the Winter Meetings, the Mets prioritized adding at least one reliever, and the Mets accomplished that goal by signing right-handed reliever Anthony Swarzak. Swarzak is coming off a career best year partially fueled by an uptick in his velocity. Swarzak made 70 appearances in his time between the White Sox and Brewers. He was 6-4 with a 2.33 ERA, 1.03...
Mickey Callaway spoke to the media at the Winter Meetings on Tuesday and indicated that he may not have a set closer for the upcoming season. “I think that we’re going to pitch guys when it makes sense,” Callaway said. “I’m going to pitch guys to their strengths and they’re going to face the batters they should be facing.” The Mets have technically had a...
