Good morning, Mets fans! While the Dodgers captured a 5-2 win over the Padres in Seoul on Wednesday, that was far from the biggest story in “The City of Angels.” Bill Shaikin of the LA Times reported that Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was accused of “engaging in a ‘massive theft’ of the ballplayer’s funds to place bets with an allegedly illegal...
Brodie Van Wagenen was hired on October 29, 2018 becoming the 13th general manager in the history of the New York Mets franchise. In the 15-plus months he’s had the job, Van Wagenen has traded away in excess of ten prospects to acquire major league ready players as he employs his win-now strategy for the team. The prospects were Jarred Kelenic, Justin Dunn, Luis Santana, Ross Adolph, Scott...
MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo is the first to report that the New York Mets have traded outfielder Keon Broxton to the Baltimore Orioles. In return, the Mets are in line to receive $500K in international bonus pool space. Broxton, 29, was designated for assignment last Thursday following a dismal 34-game showing as a reserve outfielder that featured a .143/.208/.163 line and .174 wOBA to go...
The New York Mets announced on Friday afternoon that they’ve designated outfielder Keon Broxton for assignment making room on the 40-man roster to purchase the contact of outfielder Carlos Gomez from Triple-A Syracuse. Mets also recalled right-handed reliever Paul Sewald, and put outfield Michael Conforto on the 7-day concussion injured list. During the offseason, Mets GM Brodie Van...
Daniel Zamora, LHP Player Data: Age: 25, B/T: L/L Basic Stats: 16 G, 9 IP, 16 K, 3.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 6 H/9, 1 HR/9, 16 K/9, 3 BB/9 Advanced Stats: 0.3 bWAR, 0.2 fWAR, 2.38 FIP, 2.41 xFIP Free Agency: 2025 2019 Salary: Pre-arbitration Grade: B 2018 Review Daniel Zamora got his first taste of Major League action in 2018 and made the most of it. The southpaw, whom the New York Mets acquired from...
The New York Mets announced Saturday that they have acquired outfielder Keon Broxton from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for right-hander Bobby Wahl, as well as right-handed prospect Adam Hill and infield prospect Felix Valerio. Broxton, 28, is a defense forward center fielder, who logged 11 defensive runs saved (DRS) and had a 6.5 UZR in just 134.1 innings for the Brewers in 2018, but also...
The New York Mets made a handful of roster moves on Friday afternoon. The Mets placed reliever Bobby Wahl, acquired in the deal that sent Jeurys Familia to the Athletics, on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring. Through seven appearances with New York (5.1 innings), the 26-year-old right-hander owns a 10.13 earned-run average with seven strikeouts and four walks allowed....
Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (52-68) split a doubleheader with the Philadelphia Phillies (67-54) on Thursday at Citizens Bank Park. In the first game of the doubleheader Corey Oswalt (2-2, 5.16 ERA) picked up the win thanks in part to a franchise-record 24 runs scored by the Mets. In the second game, Steven Matz (5-10, 4.60 ERA) took the loss after giving up six runs (four earned)...
3 UP 1. We Want McNeil Entering the series against the Braves, Jeff McNeil was sputtering a bit hitting .235. After this series is over, it’s fair to say those issues are behind him. In the series, McNeil had his first career four hit game, and he would hit two doubles. He’s now hitting .310, and he seems to have a stranglehold on the second base position for the rest of the year. 2....
July 10 – Co-general manager John Ricco says the Mets plan to contend in 2019. July 13 – Jon Heyman of FanCred reports that the Mets are in “excellent financial health,” thanks to their partnership with SNY and “other endeavors.” July 20 – Ricco addresses the media and said the organization would be willing to eat money in trades in order to receive a better...
Friday, August 3, 2018 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Anibal Sanchez (5-3, 3.00) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (5-6, 1.82) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 The Mets are coming off another loss, this time to the Braves as they play the second game behind their ace. The highlight for the Mets yesterday happened early as Nimmo hit a homer but after that it was a pretty quite...
Plus stuff has never been an issue for the hard-throwing Bobby Wahl and it wasn’t on Thursday night when he made his New York Mets debut. The right-handed reliever picked up in the trade from the Oakland Athletics for Jeurys Familia retired both batters he faced including a strikeout of Johan Camargo on a nasty breaking ball. Wahl popped 98 mph on the first two pitches he threw with the...
