Brandon Drury has signed a two-year, $17 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Drury split his 2022 season between the Reds and the Padres. The former Met had the best offensive season of his career, clubbing 28 home runs and 31 doubles in 138 games. For his stellar season, Drury was awarded the first NL Silver Slugger at the utility position...
With the Mets having 11 free agents, there are going to be a host of new faces heading to the Big Apple and donning the blue and orange next season. However, there are some intriguing names on the market that have done so already, and we’re going to take a look at them and determine whether or not the Mets should bring them back. Noah Syndergaard, SP, Phillies After appearing like a lock...
There is a laundry list of items the New York Mets must check off this winter if they are to taste success in 2023. Revamping the designated hitter position should be at the top of the list. As good as the Mets were for the most part in 2022, their lineup was flawed and the DH spot was probably the biggest indicator of that. In order to be successful in the majors, especially in the postseason,...
Position: 3B/2B/1B Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 8/21/1992 (29) Traditional Stats: 81 G, 86 H, 18 HR, 52 RBI, .278/.336/.528 Advanced Stats: .249 ISO, 134 wRC+, 42nd % OAA Rundown Mets fans should be familiar with the Reds’ third baseman, as he was on the roster for a brief time last season. Brandon Drury played 51 games with the Mets last season and finished with a decent slash line of...
The Mets dropped two-of-three to the Reds this weekend. Their bats continued to struggle, scoring eight runs over the three games. (The Mets scored 25 over three games with the Reds the week previous.) They scored just 19 runs in eight games this week against Atlanta and Cincinnati. It was an eventful weekend, even in Mets standards, nonetheless between the trade deadline, Javier Báez...
The Mets once again made a flurry of roster moves ahead of their game Saturday. This time around, the team activated utility man Brandon Drury and Rich Hill, who will likely start Sunday’s game versus the Blue Jays. Hill will arrive to Citi Field at some point before Saturday’s game, play catch and if all goes well, he will start the series finale. The team acquired Hill on Friday...
The New York Mets out-hit the Orioles 16-6 in their 14-1 defeat of Baltimore on Wednesday night. Of those hits, the Mets’ outfielders accumulated for half of the sixteen hits, six of the Mets’ 14 runs, and 10 of the 14 RBIs on the night. Right fielder Billy McKinney was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and five RBIs. He hit two home runs (a solo home run in the fifth and a two-run home run in the...
Despite a late rally, the New York Mets left the tying run stranded in scoring position in the ninth inning as they dropped the first game of a four-game set with a 3-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies. After losing the last two games in Miami to finish off a 3-6 road trip, the Mets returned home to face a Rockies team that was just 2-17 on the road this season. But that didn’t matter, as...
