The Mets were fully aware that their starting pitching depth was going to be tested this season. They had hoped, though, that it wouldn’t be quite this soon. With the news about José Quintana’s surgery for a stress fracture in his rib, the Mets will now be down a starter until at least July. While not ideal for the team, it presents a golden opportunity for one of the Mets’...
The New York Mets made a couple of pitching decisions late on Saturday night when they sent right-handed pitches Jose Butto, Connor Grey, Eric Orze, and Grant Hartwig, as well as lefty Josh Walker, to minor-league camp. The Mets will still need to figure out who will be the fifth starter as well as the last couple of spots in the bullpen. Manager Buck Showalter believes that the last 10 days of...
With the Carlos Correa saga behind them, the Mets are faced with an intriguing position battle at third base heading into spring training. Eduardo Escobar, who played 130 games at the hot corner in 2022, and top prospect Brett Baty both have compelling cases as to why they should be the primary option at the position in 2023. With that, let’s break down each player’s strengths and...
Howie Rose has been one of the voices of the Mets since the mid-90s. But in 2021, Rose was forced to take a leave of absence multiple times for an undisclosed medical reason. As it turns out, that reason was that the Mets’ play-by-play legend was dealing with bladder cancer. Rose revealed the diagnosis publicly for the first time this past weekend at the Baseball Writers’ Association of...
