Former Met Mark Canha made a recent appearance on the podcast “The Show” with Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman, where he talked about a range of topics from being a Brewer, to Tommy Pham’s comments on Mets’ players’ work ethics, to being teammates with Pete Alonso. Canha joined the show and first spoke about the trade that sent him to the Milwaukee Brewers: “It was...
The Mets took the field at loanDepot Park on Saturday afternoon looking to rebound from their disappointing loss on Friday evening. Tylor Megill started the game for the Mets in place of Justin Verlander, who was put on the Injured List, while the promising Edward Cabrera took the mound for the Marlins. While the bats went cold on Friday, they were able to come through in the clutch as big hits...
Mets baseball has returned! The team played an intrasquad game of three innings on Friday afternoon with the rosters being split into two teams, New York Mets and New York Mets A. For the Mets, Joey Lucchesi took the mound while Dominic Hamel was the pitcher for the Mets A squad. The Mets A squad, consisting mostly of Mets prospects, impressed with Brett Baty, Alex Ramirez, Ronny Mauricio all...
The left field position for each of the five NL East teams remains mostly unchanged from 2022, with only one or two teams making a minor change. The overall group is underwhelming, especially when considering the amount of star players that play in the division. Continuing MMO’s series of position rankings in the NL East, here are the rankings of left fielders in the division. 5. Eddie...
Good morning Mets fans! On Friday, new Met Kodai Senga admitted feelings of frustration that he felt with his former club in an Instagram Live. Senga, who spent a decade with the SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball, explained that he asked to be posted to Major League Baseball by the club “for the past five or six years.” What frustrated Senga wasn’t that the team...
After spending his first seven big league seasons with the Oakland Athletics, Mark Canha was ready for a change. Following the 2021 season, the California native was entering free agency for the first time in his career and was ready for new opportunities. After being drafted by the then Florida Marlins in the seventh round of the 2010 Draft, Canha was selected in the 2014 Rule 5 Draft by the...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, the Mets non-tendered Dominic Smith, making him a free agent. Smith had been with the Mets for parts of the last six seasons and he struggled to consistently produce with the team. The 2020 season, possibly in part because it was shortened, was by far his best season with the team as he produced a brilliant slash of .316/.377/.616/.993. His 2021 and 2022...
Veteran outfielder Mark Canha has given all New York Mets fans some good news on a Friday by revealing that Jacob deGrom would like to remain in Queens beyond the 2022 season. Speaking in an in-depth interview with Mike Puma of the New York Post, Canha gave an update on deGrom’s potential future with free agency looming, in addition to speaking about his own future and his relationship...
Player Data: Age: 33 (2/15/1989), B/T: R/R Primary Stats: 140 G, 542 PA, 462 AB, .266 BA, .367 OBP, .403 SLG, .770 OPS, 123 H, 13 HR, 61 RBI, 48 BB, 28 HBP, 97 SO Advanced Stats: 122 OPS+, 128 wRC+, 17.9% K%, 8.9% BB%, .309 BABIP, .343 xwOBA, 2.8 fWAR, 2.4 bWAR 2022 Salary: $13 million Grade: B 2022 Review Mark Canha was a breath of fresh air in the middle of the Mets lineup in his first season...
