The New York Mets enter the 2024 season with a brand new top-catching prospect for the first time since the 2017 season: the last season before they signed Francisco Álvarez. The Mets’ catching crop of prospects is headlined by recent international free agent signing Yovanny Rodriguez and 2021 first-round selection Kevin Parada. In The Bigs Francisco Álvarez, Omar Narvaéz At the major...
Who will be with the Mets following the Aug. 1 MLB Trade Deadline is anyone’s guess. But what we do know is that Francisco Álvarez will be in Queens for the foreseeable future, as the 21-year-old phenom continues to make his mark on the league. In what’s been a rather forgettable season for the Mets up until this point, the best part of the season has been watching Álvarez transform himself into...
Having four major-league caliber catchers is not a terrible problem for any team to have. However, the Mets will soon be faced with some tough decisions with their backstops. Francisco Álvarez is currently serving as the team’s starter and, after a slow start, has done more than enough to earn the starting spot moving forward. But, with both Omar Narváez and Tomás Nido soon returning from...
The Mets are down another catcher. Buck Showalter confirmed before Wednesday’s game that Tomás Nido was headed to the 10-day IL due to dry eye syndrome. The Mets are calling up veteran Michael Pérez to fill in as the backup catcher to Francisco Álvarez while he’s out. To make room for Pérez on the 40-man roster, Elieser Hernández was transferred to the 60-Day IL. Showalter explained...
After starting all of their top hitting prospects in Triple-A to start the season, the Mets may be seeing one of them on back the big-league roster sooner than they may have expected. After Omar Narváez left Wednesday’s game with a calf injury, the Mets will have Francisco Álvarez in Queens on Friday in case the team needs to activate him, sources tell MMO’s Michael Mayer. Álvarez...
A day after his native Japan took home their third World Baseball Classic championship, Kodai Senga took the mound for his fourth start of the spring against the Houston Astros at Clover Park. Senga was still not using his signature ghost fork as he recovers from tendinitis in his right index finger, but even in a game where he only threw his best putaway pitch once, the right-handed...
Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week Mike and I are joined by friend of the show Jacob Resnick to preview the World Baseball Classic, Justin Verlander and Kodai Senga’s first day at Mets camp, Jacob tells us his prospects to keep an eye on this spring, Carlos Beltran is joining the front office, and much more! Was it surprising to hear Justin Verlander speak about how being the...
Pitchers and catchers officially reported to Port St. Lucie for the beginning of Mets spring training, officially kicking off the countdown to the 2023 season. Among those spotted in uniform were Max Scherzer, who is looking to pitch 200 innings for New York this season after producing a career-best 2.29 ERA in his first season in Queens. Co-ace Justin Verlander also put on Mets gear for the...
Good morning, Mets fans! Mets pitchers and catchers report today, officially. Of course, as you will see from the news below, lots of the Mets are already in camp. Latest Mets News As the final round of Mets players reach the spring training facility in Port St. Lucie, Mets new ace Justin Verlander is already throwing a bullpen session. Verlander signed a two-year deal with the Mets this...
With pitchers and catchers set to report in just over two weeks, we’re continuing our rankings of each position within the NL East. With catchers, you rarely have just one player get regular playing time, especially with the universal designated hitter option. For that reason, we will be ranking each team by their tandem of catchers heading into the 2023 season. 5. Keibert Ruiz and Riley...
With Francisco Álvarez, Brett Baty, and Alex Ramirez ending the 2022 season on the MLB Pipeline top 100, we expected to see them on their rankings to begin the 2023 season, and they were. The trio of prospects would be joined by Kevin Parada, who was the Mets first round draft pick and 11th overall in the 2022 draft. That makes four Mets prospects overall in the MLB Pipeline Top 100. They are in...
The New York Mets announced that pitchers and catchers will report for spring training in Port St. Lucie on Feb. 15. The first full-squad workout at Clover Park is scheduled for Feb. 20. Report dates for players participating in the WBC are Feb. 13 for pitchers and catchers and Feb. 16 for position players. The Mets are expected to have multiple players participating in the World Baseball...
