Good morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday night, former Mets pitchers and twice teammates faced off deep in the heart of Texas, as Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros and Max Scherzer of the Texas Rangers went head-to-head. Verlander had a big bounceback start as he went seven stellar innings, just giving up two runs (one earned) and holding the vaunted Rangers lineup to only four hits. Scherzer,...
On a night when the Mets desperately needed a deep outing from their starter, Tylor Megill struggled to dodge the traffic on the base paths. The right-hander failed to make it out of the fourth inning and wound up being charged with nine runs (seven earned) while only striking out one batter as the Mets dropped their seventh straight game. Megill allowed a one-out single to Bryan Reynolds in the...
Tommy Pham Position: OF Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 34 (03/08/1988) 2022 Traditional Stats: 144 G, .236/.312/.374, 17 HR, 23 2B, 63 RBI, 131 H 2022 Advanced Stats: 87 OPS+, 89 wRC+, 0.4 rWAR, 0.6 fWAR, .304 BABiP, 9.0% BB%, 26.9% K%, .311 xwOBA, 0 DRS, -6 OAA Rundown In his age-34 season, Tommy Pham had the worst full season of his life. He had the highest strikeout rate of his career while setting...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets’ priority at this stage of free agency continues to be a fourth outfielder and on Friday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported that the Mets are considering signing Tommy Pham for that role. Heyman also mentioned the possibility of Trey Mancini, Adam Duvall, Jurickson Profar, or Tyler Naquin. It was previously reported on Thursday that the Mets had...
According to Jason Mackey of the Post-Gazette, veteran outfielder Andrew McCutchen is signing a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The deal is pending a physical. The deal is for $5 million according to Mackey. McCutchen had been one of the outfield depth pieces the Mets were considering. The top of the outfield market now consists of Adam Duvall, Jurickson Profar, and Trey Mancini....
The Mets are considering former NL MVP Andrew McCutchen for added depth in their outfield, according to the New York Post’s Jon Heyman. McCutchen, 36, slashed 237/.316/.384 in 134 games a season ago for the Brewers, posting career lows in on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS. However, he did still hit 17 homers and collect 69 RBIs. While he used to be a premier center fielder,...
Andrew McCutchen Position: OF Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 36 (10/10/1986) 2022 Traditional Stats: 134 G, 580 PA, .237/.316/.384, 17 HR, 25 2B, 69 RBI, 122 H 2022 Advanced Stats: 99 OPS+, 98 wRC+, 1.1 rWAR, 0.3 fWAR, .278 BABiP, 9.8% BB%, 21.4% K%, .325 xwOBA, 4 DRS, 0 OAA Rundown Andrew McCutchen has had a storied career. Though, the 36-year-old outfielder had the worst year of it in almost every...
It has already been a frantic and monumental offseason for the New York Mets who continue to take big swings under owner Steve Cohen. However, with spring training now only a couple of months away, the front office still have some business they need to take care of. Let’s take a look at what’s remaining on the to-do list… Solve Carlos Correa Saga This is an obvious one. In a...
It’s been a historic 2022-2023 Mets and we still haven’t reached the New Year. They have re-signed and added numerous MLB stars and could potentially add Carlos Correa as their third baseman. With all of these signings, including Correa, the Mets are estimated to have a $384 million payroll, and close to $500 million after competitive balance taxes are included. While a normal owner...
Neil Walker, who played in over 1,300 major league games with six different organizations from 2009 through 2020, hopes that one word will accurately sum up his professional career which came to an end when he announced his retirement in April of this year: Grinder. Growing up in the Pittsburgh area idolizing many of the players from the nineties Pirates teams, Walker dreamed of one day putting...
It was hoped that the Mets’ day off on Thursday would allow the Mets to regroup from a two-game series loss to the Red Sox on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the Mets’ offense continued to stay quiet, negating another strong pitching performance, this one by starter Marcus Stroman, who left the game with an apparent hamstring injury. The Mets fell to the Phillies 2-1 even though they out-hit their NL...
Jacob deGrom took the mound on Monday as the New York Mets opened their season against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The two-time Cy Young Award winner brought the heat from the very start of the game to the very end. He started his night off with a strikeout of Andrew McCutchen on a 99.5 mph fastball and ended his night with a strikeout of Bryce Harper on a 100.1 mph...
