Good morning, Mets fans! Gerrit Cole decided to opt into the remaining four years and $144 million of his contract with the Yankees. Brian Cashman said both parties wanted Cole to remain with the Yankees, but the team wasn’t comfortable adding the fifth year to the end of the deal. Cashman added that the team has not held any extension talks with Cole. Latest Mets News Thirteen players...
Players and their agents around Major League Baseball were busy Saturday. With the World Series ending on Wednesday, Oct. 30, every player had until November 5 to decide on their options on their contract. Remain with their former team, or hit the free agent market. The headliner, and least shocking decision, came from Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. The right-hander opted out of the remaining four...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Los Angeles Dodgers are your 2024 World Series Champions. On Wednesday night, MLB crowned their champs, as the Dodgers finished off the New York Yankees in five games to become World Series champions. The Yankees jumped out to an early 5-0 lead with their ace Gerrit Cole on the mound, nearly assuring them a trip back to L.A. However, a calamity of errors in the fifth...
Good morning, Mets fans! The New York Mets completed the season sweep of the Subway Series for the first time since 2013 on Wednesday night. After taking the first two games in Queens in June against their Bronx rivals, the Mets came into Yankee Stadium on Tuesday with all of the odds against them. Despite not getting to New York until 5 a.m., the Mets squeaked out an improbable win behind a...
After splitting their four-game series with the Marlins, the New York Mets (51-48) head across town to Yankee Stadium for the final two games of the 2024 Subway Series against the New York Yankees (60-42). The Mets won the first two games against the Yankees a few weeks ago when they hosted them at Citi Field. So, regardless of the results of these next two games, the worst-case scenario for the...
Mark Vientos is seizing his opportunity at third base. Not to mention he also soaked up the spotlight in the first game of the Subway Series earlier in the week. This week’s Statistical Spotlight features Mark Vientos and his plate approach for games from June 22 to June 28. Vientos slashed .286/.400/.813 with an OPS of 1.213 this past week. He went 4 for 14, remarkably, with three of his four...
Summer has officially been saved thanks to the New York Mets. After beating the absolute tar out of the Yankees to sweep the Subway Series, the Mets are a .500 team again for the first time in 50 days. Their 15-6 record in June is the best in baseball. Furthermore, they’ve won 11 of their last 13 games. A red-hot offense has been key to that success. In those 11 wins, the Mets have scored...
Good morning, Mets fans! Kodai Senga threw another bullpen on Wednesday. “Now we’ll see how the next couple of days unfold and hopefully he’s facing hitters the next time he’s touching a mound,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. He said he expects that “next time” to be Sunday or Monday. Senga has not thrown a pitch for the Mets this season, as he has been on the 60-day...
Good morning, Mets fans! Edwin Díaz is going to be leaving Port St. Lucie for a couple of days as he is going back to New York for the birth of his third child. Díaz made his long-awaited return this week as he struck out the side in the top of fifth on Monday, after walking in to his infamous trumpet entrance song. Along with that came a video of Díaz’s wife Nashaly and their two children...
Good morning, Mets fans! Major League Baseball continues in its efforts to minimize the time of games after rapid improvement in the area following the adaptation of the pitch clock in the 2023 season. Jeff Passan of ESPN reported that the MLB’s competition committee has proposed reducing the pitch clock from 20 seconds to 18 seconds when runners are on base next season, while keeping the...
The Pitch Design Age has been a wonderful era to follow. Over the last generation, the outlook on pitching shifted from a one-approach-works-best strategy to an individualized plan of attack, detailed to each pitcher. Even 10 years ago, this perception wasn’t realized among some major-league front offices. Pirates pitching coach Ray Searage’s goal to teach Pittsburgh’s starters...
Both Championship Series are in action on Saturday night and will be again on Sunday giving baseball fans a full weekend of games. Astros (2-0 lead) vs. Yankees 5:07 p.m. ET, TBS – Game 3 The Astros took a commanding 2-0 lead with a 3-2 win over the Yankees in Game 2 on Thursday night. Alex Bregman hit a three-run shot and Framber Valdez didn’t allow an earned run over seven fantastic...
