Remember the Major League Baseball lockout? You know, the one that lasted 99 days, and delayed the start of the 2022 season? One of the key topics the two sides haggled over for more than three months was competition in the game, and, more specifically, the need to reduce tanking. As the 2022 season enters its second third, let’s take a look at where competition in the game stands. This...
When the Major League Baseball Players Association was asked how long they’re prepared to sit out, executive committee member Andrew Miller promptly replied. “We’re prepared,” Miller said. At the conclusion of 10 days of intense back and forth, the players union and Major League Baseball failed to make a deal on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement thus forcing the...
When is enough, enough? Well for the Mets the answer is never. Despite already adding four pieces to the team for next season and beyond the Mets have not signaled any sign of slowing down. Owner Steve Cohen is expected to push payroll beyond heights imagined and hopefully spend his way to a World Series trophy in 2022. Joel Sherman of the New York Post identified five targets the Mets could...
Good morning Mets fans! Today is the first day of winter and thus we are one season away from Opening Day. Latest Mets News Former Met and current Mets-killer Daniel Murphy has left the Mets’ division to sign a two-year, $24 million contract with the Colorado Rockies according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. John Delcos of Forbes considers the Mets to be an improved team, but not that...
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, free-agent relief pitcher Andrew Miller and the St. Louis Cardinals are “closing in” on a contract agreement. A one-time offseason target of the New York Mets, Miller, 33, hit the open market after an injury-filled 2018 campaign (hamstring, knee, shoulder) that saw his stats dip to uncharacteristically low levels. After pitching to a 1.82...
So far this offseason, new Mets’ general manager Brodie Van Wagenen has made it a priority to bolster the bullpen. First acquiring Edwin Diaz in a huge deal with the Seattle Mariners, New York also brought back Jeurys Familia to be his setup man, fortifying the back end of the pen. Those two guys, along with Seth Lugo, Robert Gsellman and a combination of Drew Smith, Daniel Zamora, Tyler...
Heading into the offseason, the New York Mets were set to pay Anthony Swarzak, 33, $8.5 million to fulfill an unspecified — then or ever — role in the team’s bullpen in 2019 alongside Seth Lugo, Robert Gsellman, a select couple of young arms (let’s say, Drew Smith and Daniel Zamora), and whomever else general manager Brodie Van Wagenen eventually brought in to plug the...
According to Mike Puma of the NY Post, the New York Mets have not ruled out signing lefty Andrew Miller even after agreeing to terms on a three-year, $30 million deal with righty Jeurys Familia. Puma does note though that the Mets do have some concerns over the 33-year old’s health issues. Miller is coming off an injury plagued season, in which he had three separate trips to the disabled list....
The Major League Baseball Winter Meetings are meant to be an action packed couple of days with rumors, trades and big free agent signings. The 2018 meetings were a dud in that regard. Free Agent Action Minimal Outfielder Andrew McCutchen was given the biggest deal of the meetings from the Philadelphia Phillies. He signed for three-years, $50 million with an option for a fourth year. Starting...
According to Jon Heyman of Fancred Sports, the Mets are “to lose a bit of confidence in J.T. Realmuto talks, and are starting to think about the value of acquiring a defensive catcher — they met on Maldonado Tuesday — and bulking up the bullpen instead.” After reports of the Marlins asking price not dropping and the Mets being connected to Andrew Miller, David Robertson, and Adam Ottavino...
While the New York Mets’ acquisition of 24-year old closer Edwin Diaz has yet to be officially confirmed, Mike Puma of the New York Post is reporting that the team will still scrutinize the free agent market for a “high-end eighth inning guy” as well as a “veteran multiple-innings type reliever.” In the former department cites Andrew Miller and David Robertson as...
As per Jon Morosi of MLB Network, free agent left-handed reliever Andrew Miller is drawing preliminary interest from a handful of teams including the New York Mets. Miller, 33, owns a 3.98 earned-run average over his 13-year career, with a 2.21 ERA since 2012, when he began pitching out of the bullpen exclusively. He’s spent the last two-plus years in Cleveland, pitching to a 2.22 ERA in...
