Good morning, Mets fans! After months of speculation and weeks of negotiating, the New York Yankees finally completed the trade to acquire star outfielder Juan Soto from the San Diego Padres. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported last night that the trade was finally official as the Yankees will be adding their second and third outfielders of the off-season. Along with acquiring Juan Soto,...
Good morning, Mets fans! Andy Martino of SNY shared new details of how and when Yoshinobu Yamamoto will choose his MLB team. He is currently being targeted by the Yankees, Mets, and others. Latest MLB News Per Robert Murray of FanSided, former San Francisco Giants bench coach Kai Correa is heading to the Cleveland Guardians to join their major league coaching staff. According to MLB.com’s...
Since buying the Mets in 2020, Cohen put an exciting, yet almost impossible goal on the Mets’ shoulders: Win the World Series within the first five years of owning the team. Well, the team missed the playoffs in 2021, was knocked out in the Wild Card round in 2022, and finished with a 75-87 record with the highest payroll in baseball history ($343,605,087 million) in 2023. It’s fair...
CRAIG KIMBREL Position: RP Age: 35 (05/28/1988) 2023 Traditional Stats: 71 G, 69 IP, 3.26 ERA, 23 SV, 1.043 WHIP, 94 SO, 28 BB 2023 Advanced Stats: 132 ERA+, 33.8 SO%, 10.1 BB%, 3.28 xERA, 3.81 FIP, 46.7 HardHit% RUNDOWN Craig Kimbrel has truly aged like a fine wine. The righty signed a one-year, $10 million deal with the Phillies before the start of the 2023 season and outperformed his...
The New York Mets enter this offseason with many needs and positions to fill. One of them was a manager, and the Mets have reportedly found their skipper in Carlos Mendoza, the former New York Yankees bench coach. With Mendoza at the helm, president of baseball operations David Stearns enters the General Manager meetings with his new manager set. However, there is still plenty for Stearns to...
A closer can make or break a team, and heading into 2023, the NL East is loaded with talent. The Phillies spent their offseason retooling their bullpen, adding two legit arms with closing experience, the Braves will call upon a new face with the departure of Kenley Jansen, and the Mets will call upon Edwin Díaz to replicate his dominant 2022 season. The division will be tight, and the...
A.J. Pollock Position: OF Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 35 (12/05/1987) 2022 Traditional Statistics: 138 G, 120 H, 14 HR, 56 RBI, .245 BA, .292 OBP, .389 SLG, .681 OPS, 26 2B 2022 Advanced Statistics: 0.4 WAR, .317 wOBA, 92 wRC+, .278 BABip, .981 FP, 4 DRS, -2 OAA Rundown After three seasons with the Dodgers, in which AJ Pollock slashed .282/.337/.519, posted a 125 wRC+ with 52 home runs, and reached a...
Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (71-68) enjoyed a day off on Thursday following their series victory against the Washington Nationals (78-61) on Wednesday. They now begin a 10-game homestand which will start with the Philadelphia Phillies (72-67); one of the four teams currently separating the Mets from the second Wild Card. Latest Mets News The Mets have shown interest in Jeremy...
Tommy Birch of the Des Moines Register reports that Chicago Cubs reliever, Craig Kimbrel’s debut with his new team is “imminent”. Kimbrel, 31, signed a three-year, $43 million deal with the Cubs on June 7 after he and newly-signed Braves starter, Dallas Keuchel, lingered on the open market well into the 2019 season. The right-hander experienced a slight dip in production in...
Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (30-32) won the rubber game in their series with the San Francisco Giants (25-36) by a score of 7-3. Zack Wheeler (5-3, 4.61 ERA) provided the Mets with his eighth quality start of the season, as he pitched seven innings and limited the Giants to one walk, three hits and three runs. Latest Mets News Jacob deGrom (3-5, 3.49 ERA) will toe the rubber on...
Now that closer Craig Kimbrel has signed with the Cubs for three years, Dallas Keuchel remains the lone big fish on the free agent market and the Braves have emerged as the favorite according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. Feinsand notes that the Yankees are still in the mix, though the Braves are making a push to sign the former Cy Young winner. Keuchel, 31, is coming off a 2018 season in which...
Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic reports that the Chicago Cubs are “pushing hard” to sign reliever Craig Kimbrel. Kimbrel, 31, is no longer tied to draft pick compensation as of Monday at 12:01 a.m. as the MLB Draft started later that day at 7 p.m. The right-handed reliever and left-handed starter Dallas Keuchel have both found themselves stuck on the free agent market into the month of...
