Prior to today’s game against the Phillies, the Mets announced a couple of roster moves. To start, the Mets recalled right-hander Franklyn Kilome from the team’s Alternate Training Site and placed him on the active roster. Kilome made a brief appearance with the team earlier this month, pitching a total of four innings against the Atlanta Braves. In that outing, the righty allowed...
The Mets finally have at least partial clarity to what has kept Jed Lowrie off of a major league field for the better part of two seasons. It’s far from conclusive, but a second opinion revealed what GM Brodie Van Wagenen referred to as ‘PCL laxity,’ or limited strength in the posterior cruciate ligament. “When he wears his larger brace, that pain is mitigated,” Van...
On Wednesday, the New York Mets added depth and a load of experience with the additions of Juan Lagares and Brian Dozier. The Lagares news was first reported by Deesha Thosar of the N.Y. Daily News while Anthony DiComo of MLB.com was first with the Dozier signing. Moments after the signings, the Mets announced they have released Melky Cabrera and Gordon Beckham per DiComo. Lagares and Dozier...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Saturday marked another day closer to the start of the 2020 MLB season! Latest Mets News In his press conference Saturday, Yoenis Cespedes announced that he will be ready for Opening Day. The Mets have a planned off day on Monday, July 13th, an attempt to stay rested before the start of the 2020 season. Latest MLB News Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman has tested positive...
Good morning, Mets fans! Today, the Mets will play their third game of the spring, taking on the Nationals at 1:05 p.m. The game will be played at FITTEAM Ballpark in the Palm Beaches and will not be televised or available to be heard on radio. Anthony DiComo of MLB.com tweeted out that the group of Mets pitchers expected to make an appearance include David Peterson, Paul Sewald, Jordan...
We heard on Wednesday that the Mets had interest in infielder Pablo Sandoval before he signed with the Giants. That got me to wondering what was left on the market in terms of infield depth. Without assuming Yoenis Cespedes is healthy, the Mets bench right now would likely be catcher Tomas Nido, outfielder Jake Marisnick, IF/OF Dominic Smith, infielder Luis Guillorme, and banged up veteran Jed...
Good morning Mets fans! Brodie Van Wagenen was active yesterday as he added some bullpen depth in the morning by signing Luis Avilan to a minor league deal and added some infield depth in the evening by agreeing to a two-year, $20 million deal with Jed Lowrie. Latest Mets News The New York Yankees hired Chris Pang away from the Mets according to Andy Martino of SNY. Pang was one of only three...
According to Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports, the New York Mets have reportedly shown interest — and spoken to — free agent second baseman, Brian Dozier. “[The] Mets are among [the] teams to have talks regarding [Dozier] lately,” Heyman wrote. “Though, [the] Nats, Rockies, and others seem like more logical fits.” Dozier, 31, hit .215/.305/.391 with 21 homers, 72...
Good morning, folks! Latest Mets News Seth Lugo has hired Ballengee has his agency group. Latest MLB News Nick Crafardo of the Boston Globe says the Orioles have gotten trade calls for Dylan Bundy and Alex Cobb. Anthony Castrovince talks about the success of the opener. Latest NL East News Jon Heyman of FanCred says the Braves made an attempt at Michael Brantley. Jesse Dougherty of the...
Good morning, Mets fans! Welcome back to today’s Sunday edition of the hot stove rumor roundup. While there still hasn’t been much action in terms of free agents signing deals, a few rumors have started to brew that could have a moderate impact for several teams on the brink of contention. Rockies Passing on Realmuto Thomas Harding of MLB.com recently published a story detailing the...
Who should play second base for the Mets in 2018? That’s a question we have examined recently at MMO in regards to Jason Kipnis and Eduardo Nunez. Now we will discuss whether or not the Mets should pursue a trade with the Minnesota Twins for Brian Dozier? Is Dozier Available? Just because one team has a need or desire for a certain player on another team doesn’t mean the other team...
Carl asks… I read over the weekend that the Minnesota Twins might be close to trading Brian Dozier who I wasn’t even aware he was available. What other power hitters are available right now in addition to Jay Bruce and how would you rank them in terms of value? Joe D. replies… There may be one or two players I may have missed, but the sluggers you keep hearing about the most...
