Things change quickly in baseball. Just ask the New York Mets, who are now 4-5 in Grapefruit League action after being 4-1 when 3 Up, 3 Down returned last week. Of course, as we made clear last week, results don’t matter in spring training, but there were a couple of worrying trends that emerged for the Mets over the past few days. Let’s take a look at those, as well as some...
Sunday morning, the New York Mets announced the team’s first round of major-league camp cuts. Specifically, position players OF Drew Gilbert, C Kevin Parada, and INF Jett Williams were all sent to minor league camp. In addition, pitchers RHP Eric Orze, RHP Cam Robinson RHP Christian Scott, RHP Mike Vasil, and LHP Danny Young were also sent to minor league camp. Additionally, the Mets...
David Stearns has remade the New York Mets’ roster since joining at the start of the offseason, especially the bullpen. The Mets’ bullpen was a disaster last season and had a lot of players who had similar arms. Stearns remade the pen by signing a diversity of throwing styles and a high number of players on a combination of major-league and minor-league deals. Cam Robinson falls into the latter...
The New York Mets announced Sunday that they have agreed to a minor-league deal, with an invite to spring training, with right-handed reliever Chad Smith. Smith, 28 years old, has two short major-league stints under his belt. He spent a combined 31 2/3 innings with Colorado and Oakland in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Across that time, he’s posted a 7.11 ERA to go along with 32 strikeouts and a...
