The 2023 season is almost here. Can you believe it?! You know what time it is — prediction time! What record will the Mets end with? Will they make it to the postseason? Take the division? Here’s what we think. John Sheridan Mets Record: 89-73 NL East: Braves NL Central: Cardinals NL West: Padres NL WC: Mets, Phillies, Giants AL East: Blue Jays AL Central: Twins AL West: Astros AL WC:...
The 2023 MLB season starts in just about 48 hours. We’ll have a handful of prediction posts over the next couple of days, and we’ll start with the MVP, Cy Young and Rookies of the Year awards. Nate Mendelson NL MVP: Trea Turner AL MVP: José Ramírez NL Cy Young: Spencer Strider AL Cy Young: Jacob deGrom NL Rookie of the Year: Jordan Walker AL Rookie of the Year: Masataka Yoshida James...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets made their latest rounds of cuts on Sunday, optioning infielder Danny Mendick and right-hander Jeff Brigham to Triple-A Syracuse. In addition, left-hander T.J. McFarland and righty Jimmy Yacabonis were re-assigned to minor-league camp. With Mendick being sent down, the Mets have Tim Locastro and Darin Ruf battling for the final spot on the team’s bench....
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen talked to Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman of the New York Post recently on topics ranging from the World Baseball Classic to a potential extension for slugger Pete Alonso. Cohen Likes the WBC Cohen replied to one of my tweets about the atmosphere during a WBC in Taiwan asking if the game took place in Japan. Less than a week later, Cohen was in Japan watching Samurai...
It is the day after. A somber day of mourning for Mets fans. Edwin Díaz is out for the season following knee surgery. It feels to many like the sun was suddenly wiped out indefinitely. All the joy, all the excitement, all the anticipation—muted. This is not just the loss of a player. It’s not even just the loss of a great player. Lights-out closers have gotten hurt before; Mariano Rivera,...
Starling Marte was back in the Mets’ lineup on Friday for the first time since undergoing groin surgery in November to repair separated tendons in his groin. Marte looked healthy and ready to return and showed excitement in his return to the field. Marte went 2-for-2 on Friday, hitting a double in his first at-bat of the afternoon and a two-run home run in his second at-bat of the day. He also...
It wouldn’t be much of a novelty to state that Pete Alonso is the Mets’ biggest power threat—not heading into 2023, not in 2022, and not in any season since he joined the major league club in 2019. That being the case, it is more puzzling to understand why the other major league teams took three years to catch up to that fact—or, at least, in one area they did. From 2019 through...
With spring training games in full swing, a few standout performers emerged for the Mets last week. Ronny Mauricio, one of the team’s top prospects, picked up right where he left off from winter ball while David Peterson earned his first start and turned in a pair of strong outings for New York. Hitter of the Week Ronny Mauricio turned heads last week with a pair of home runs to go with...
Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week Mike and I are joined by friend of the show Jacob Resnick to preview the World Baseball Classic, Justin Verlander and Kodai Senga’s first day at Mets camp, Jacob tells us his prospects to keep an eye on this spring, Carlos Beltran is joining the front office, and much more! Was it surprising to hear Justin Verlander speak about how being the...
Pitchers and catchers officially reported to Port St. Lucie for the beginning of Mets spring training, officially kicking off the countdown to the 2023 season. Among those spotted in uniform were Max Scherzer, who is looking to pitch 200 innings for New York this season after producing a career-best 2.29 ERA in his first season in Queens. Co-ace Justin Verlander also put on Mets gear for the...
Good morning, Mets fans! Mets pitchers and catchers report today, officially. Of course, as you will see from the news below, lots of the Mets are already in camp. Latest Mets News As the final round of Mets players reach the spring training facility in Port St. Lucie, Mets new ace Justin Verlander is already throwing a bullpen session. Verlander signed a two-year deal with the Mets this...
America’s pastime has had some serious revisions during the 2022-2023 offseason. According to Jesse Rogers of ESPN, MLB’s Joint Competition Committee has voted unanimously to make the extra inning rule permanent for all regular season games for 2023 and beyond, with post-season games remaining unaffected. The “ghost-runner” rule was added to MLB during the COVID-shortened...
