Tag: catcher

Mets 2024 Positional Outlook: Catcher

With pitchers and catchers set to report to spring training in the coming days, now’s a better time than ever to take stock of the Mets’ roster. Let’s take a look at one of the team’s aforementioned position groups and see how their backstops shake out heading into the 2024 season. BIG LEAGUE STARTER  Francisco Álvarez Age: 22 (11/19/2001) Contract: Pre-Arbitration...

Morning Briefing: Top Prospect Kevin Parada Lands on Injured List

Good morning, Mets fans! Mets top prospect Kevin Parada is going on the injured list with a right ankle sprain. Parada was injured on Thursday night when going from first to third on a base hit. The 21-year-old catcher who is generally considered the Mets’ no. 1 prospect, has built up to a .797 OPS for High-A Brooklyn after a slow start to the year. Latest Mets News The Mets defeated the...

MMO Exclusive: Former C/1B, Jason Phillips

After the New York Mets squared off against the New York Yankees for five games in the 2000 World Series, it would be six years until they made it back to the postseason. From 2001 through the 2005 season, the Mets finished no higher than third in the National League East, while placing dead last in back-to-back seasons in 2002 and 2003. The early-to-mid 2000 teams featured a heavy dose of...

Morning Briefing: Francisco Álvarez Continuing to Shine With Mets

Good morning, Mets fans! Francisco Álvarez is continuing to stay hot. With the Mets in a bit of a catcher’s overload, Álvarez is making a strong case to stay in the big leagues after hitting his sixth home run on Wednesday. The Mets lost to the Cubs though, 4-2, and will look to end the series on a strong note tonight at 7:40 p.m. ET. Latest Mets News Will Sammon of The Athletic spoke with...

Francisco Álvarez Has Been Thriving Defensively Early On

Francisco Álvarez has always been highly regarded because of his power and potential at the plate. The one aspect of his game that not only kept the young Venezuelan from breaking into the big leagues sooner, but also caused several pundits and scouts to question his true ceiling overall has been his defense. Well, in just 22 games this season Álvarez’s defensive game has not only been...

Extremely Early Returns From Omar Narváez Have Been Strong

The New York Mets have had issues at the catcher position for over a decade. This offseason, the team decided to move on from James McCann and sign veteran Omar Narváez to platoon alongside Tomás Nido. Extremely early returns show that may have been a terrific move. To be fair, the bar was set extremely low. Last season, McCann posted a -0.1 WAR and an OPS+ of 55. Nido, on the other hand, was...

MMO Top 30 Prospects: No. 1 Francisco Álvarez

No. 1 Francisco Álvarez, C B/T: R/R     Age: November 19, 2001 (21) Ht: 5’10″       Wt: 233 lb. ETA: 2023 Previous Rank: 1 Acquired: Signed during the 2018 International Free Agency Period 2022 Stats (AA/AAA): 112 games, 495 PAs, 22 2B, 27 HR, 78 RBIs, 70 BB, 123 K, .260/.374/.511/.885 Probably to no one’s surprise, Francisco Álvarez is the Mets top prospect for the third consecutive...

Álvarez Says He Expects To Be on Opening Day Roster

Francisco Álvarez got his first taste of the big leagues last season, and now he’s ready for more. MLB’s top prospect told journalist César Sequera Ramos that he was “100% sure” he would be on the Mets Opening Day roster in 2023. Álvarez went 2-12 in five games for the Mets at the end of the season, with one of those two hits being his first-career major-league home run....

Mets Worst Free-Agent Signing No. 8: James McCann

This offseason, we’ve been looking at the Mets’ history with free agency. Starting out the bad contract list were two players whose second turn with the Mets was unlike their first: Roger Cedeño and Jeurys Familia. Next is a former All-Star catcher who up until last year was the bane of Mets fans’ existence.  There’s no recency bias here. The decision to sign James McCann...

OTD 2016: Mike Piazza Elected to the Hall of Fame

His statistics minus context would have guaranteed him election on the first ballot. A 143 OPS+, a career .308 batting average, six seasons with at least 100 RBIs, plus 427 home runs. Impressive numbers made more so because of where he played on the field. The unofficial title of “Greatest Hitting Catcher” was deservedly given to Mike Piazza as his career concluded and as he...

Mets Best Free-Agent Signing No. 1: Mike Piazza

This offseason, we’re looking at the Mets’ history with free agency. This list may change in the coming years in terms of rankings and new additions (Maybe Carlos Correa? Possibly Justin Verlander?). But for now, we’ve featured an underdog pitcher at No. 10 up to the greatest center fielder at No. 2. And at the top of the list is a player who joined the team mid-season via...

MMO Exclusive: Hall of Fame Catcher, Mike Piazza

Mike Piazza’s journey of going from a 62nd-round draft pick (1,390th overall) at the behest of a Hall of Fame manager, to switching positions late in his teenage years and becoming the greatest hitting catcher of all time is one of near improbability. For Piazza, 54, baseball was a way of life and something he innately knew he was destined for. From a young age, Piazza had access to the...

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