Good morning, Mets fans. It was certainly a day to forget for the New York Mets on Saturday. In their doubleheader with the Atlanta Braves, New York was outscored 27-0. Entering tonight’s series finale, the Mets have been outscored 34-3 in the series — the franchise’s worst run differential in a stretch of three games. Andrew Battifarano of The New York Post’s department discussed how Justin...
Good morning, Mets fans! Let’s check out what went on with the Amazins’ and the rest of major league baseball on Wednesday! Latest Mets News According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, the Mets have shown interest in free-agent Marwin Gonzalez. The Mets are reportedly showing significant interest in left-handed 40-year-old pitcher Rich Hill, per WEEI. As Mike Puma of The New York Post...
Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports that San Francisco Giants star Buster Posey has decided to opt out of the 2020 season. Posey and his wife are adopting recently born identical twin girls. The twins were born prematurely, they are currently in the NICU and will be there for some time. Posey joins 10 other big leaguers that have opted out of the 2020 season due to Covid-19 concerns; catcher...
The 2020 MLB regular season is around the corner and the New York Mets will not have an easy transition into the shortened season, at least on paper. The Mets have the toughest schedule from the start the season through August 6 based their opponents’ 2019 successes. The Amazins’ first 13 games will be against the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals, three teams...
The Atlanta Braves are bringing in a former Cy Young winner and All-Star to compete for their fifth starter. According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, the Braves have signed Felix Hernandez as a non-roster invitee who will compete to make the team out of Spring Training. Hernandez, 34 in April, has spent the entirety of his 15-year career with the Seattle Mariners, originally debuting as a...
Unlike the last couple of offseasons, most of the free agent top-end talent is gone in early January this time around. Both the starting pitching and relief market have been thoroughly picked over and the market for a catcher is now slim pickings. The strongest market left is right-handed hitters with multiple options that play different positions. When those names drop, maybe we will finally...
Lugo, 27, was brilliant against a strong Venezuelan lineup last week, tossing 5.1 scoreless innings and allowing just one hit (a single), no walks and striking out three including big-leaguers Martin Prado and Victor Martinez. He out-pitched Felix Hernandez in what would be the performance that earned him the start against the stacked Team USA on Friday. Lugo, likely #7 on the Mets starting...
Talk about an unexpected dramatic and dominating performance… New York Mets right-hander Seth Lugo was all that and more tonight, as he out-pitched Felix Hernandez in a World Baseball Classic matchup pitting Puerto Rico against Venezuela. Lugo, 27, was brilliant against a strong Venezuelan lineup, tossing 5.1 scoreless innings and allowing just one hit (a single), no walks and striking out...
As the 2016 All Star break approaches, we are all getting ready to watch baseball’s best duke it out in San Diego. However, not all of them will be able to play, as many injured players are forced to watch from the sidelines. The All Star Game will feature many great players, but let’s take a look at those injured around the league who, if healthy, could have put up a good fight...
After a solid start against the Miami Marlins on Sunday in which Bartolo Colon pitched seven strong innings, allowing three runs on six hits (and hitting an RBI double!), the 42 year old righty improved his record to 8-3 on the season. Those eight wins are tied with Felix Hernandez for the major league lead. After the win, Colon stated, “I give all credit to the hitters and the team...
Mark Simon of ESPN, took to GM Sandy Alderson’s “10 win” comments from earlier this month and decided to measure that improvement in WAR. After compiling a total of 29.6 WAR last year (ESPN WAR not FanGraphs), a 10 win improvement would put the Mets a shade under an overall total of 40. According to Simon,”nine teams got at least that much WAR from their rosters in 2014. All nine won at least...
The Mets had a great chance to capitalize on a struggling San Diego squad coming out of the All-Star break, but fell short, losing 2 out of 3. The Padres were tied for the third worst record in MLB coming into the series and only had a .375 win percentage at their home field, Petco Park. Yet somehow, the Mets bats fell asleep, while the Padres managed to outscore their opponent 12-7 overall...
