Good morning, Mets fans! Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns introduced the Mets two biggest offseason signings to the club via Zoom on Wednesday afternoon. Among some of the better quotes in the press conference were in regards to Harrison Bader, as Stearns noted that he expects him to play a majority of the games at center field which would kick Brandon Nimmo to left field for...
Good morning, and happy Fourth of July, Mets fans! The Dodgers have placed left-hander Clayton Kershaw on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder soreness, backdated to June 30. The club has recalled righties Gavin Stone and Michael Grove from Triple-A, and optioned southpaw Victor Gonzalez. Kershaw was recently named to his 10th All-Star Game, and he sports a 2.55 ERA/3.54 FIP with 105...
Good morning, Mets fans! José Quintana and Elieser Hernández continued their roads back to the majors with rehab appearances for High-A Brooklyn on Sunday. Quintana started and went four innings, allowing two hits and one run with one walk and five strikeouts. The southpaw threw 47 pitches, 32 of which were strikes. Hernández came in after Quintana and worked a scoreless inning, striking out two...
The New York Mets announced another round of cuts this morning. The team announced that relievers T.J. McFarland and Jimmy Yacabonis were assigned to minor league camp, while former Marlins’ bullpen piece Jeff Brigham was formally optioned to Triple-A. This leaves John Curtiss, Stephen Nogosek, Dennis Santana, and Elieser Hernández fighting for the three remaining bullpen spots. Both...
In what could be a pitching matchup we see at Citi Field or Truist Park in the future, both the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves threw one of their top pitching propects against each at CoolToday Park in North Port, Florida. In the end, the two teams played to a 2-2 tie in a game that took two hours and seven minutes to complete. Mike Vasil, the #11 prospect in the Mets system according to MLB...
After the bad news that the New York Mets (7-11) got with Edwin Diaz’s season-ending injury, they needed something good to happen. The Mets did lose 3-0 to the Nationals down in West Palm Beach, but the team did get a good start from right-hander Kodai Senga in his second spring start with the team. Despite the loss, Senga put up a strong outing. He got off to a rough start in the bottom of the...
In their second game of the day after besting the Astros 7-2 Friday afternoon, the Mets returned to the field, where they fell to the Cardinals by a score of 7-5. Elieser Hernández got the start for the Mets, where he struggled, giving up four earned runs in 2 2/3 innings to go along with one walk and no strikeouts. Hernández gave up a leadoff homer to Brendan Donovan, to start off his evening....
Friday, March 10, 2023 • 6:05 PM Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium • Jupiter, Florida RHP Elieser Hernández (0-0, 4.50) vs. LHP Jordan Montgomery (0-1, 12.00) Bally Sports Midwest • MLB TV We are eating good today! We woke up to some exciting World Baseball Classic games. We just had a Mets game in the early afternoon, and we get another Mets game this evening! This game will feature Elieser...
The official World Baseball Classic rosters have been announced, and there will be a heavy New York Mets presence. In total, there will be at least one member of the Mets organization in eight different countries. It would have been nine, but Kodai Senga has opted to sit out this year’s WBC. The Mets participation goes well beyond the nine Major Leaguers they will have at the event,...
Who would have thought the most impactful free agent loss of the offseason was Trevor Williams? The Mets replaced Jacob deGrom with Justin Verlander, Chris Bassitt with Kodai Senga, and Taijuan Walker with Jose Quintana. The one move they didn’t make this offseason was bringing in a new bulk/spot starter. That’s because they believe they already have two on the roster: David Peterson...
Baseball projections wait for no one—not even Carlos Correa. Dan Szymborski of FanGraphs released the ZiPS projections for the 2023 Mets. Given the uncertainty of the Correa situation but reports that the Mets are still his most likely destination (at the time ZiPS was published), ZiPS has included Correa as a “maybe” member of the Mets’ lineup. Though you can read the entire...
The off-season and free agency is officially underway. Free agency, specifically, is off to a very slow start. Though, the New York Mets have already made a few perceived depth pitching moves. These include the additions of the following individuals: Tayler Saucedo, Stephen Ridings, Elieser Hernandez, Jeff Brigham, and William Woods. Each were added to the team’s 40-man roster. So, what...
