Good morning, Mets fans! The Pittsburgh Pirates officially called up the firsst overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft, Paul Skenes, on Wednesday. The national champion pitcher at LSU has had a meteoric rise through the ranks, from transferring from Air Force to LSU over two years ago to getting the call to the big leagues. Skenes dominated his last year in college and continued that in minor...
Jose Quintana took the mound for the Mets on Monday, looking to get the Mets back in the win column after exiting Los Angeles with a loss. Unfortunately, things went south for the lefty quick, and the Mets couldn’t climb out the early hole. Quintana’s rough outing began in the second inning. The Giants loaded the bases behind singles from Jorge Soler and Michael Conforto, and a walk...
Joc Pederson, the longtime Dodger and recent Giant, is reportedly close to a deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
With just three weeks left until pitchers and catchers start reporting to MLB camps in Florida and Arizona, the top end of the free agent market continues to move like molasses. Some of the prime free agents—Cody Bellinger, Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery—remain unsigned, and that’s trickled down to the designated hitter market. J.D. Martinez, Justin Turner, and Jorge Soler have merely had...
It was a different offseason than Steve Cohen’s previous ones in his Mets tenure. After committing to a “World Series or bust” mentality straight out of the gate, he put together a juggernaut roster with co-aces Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander, landed All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor and put together the most expensive payroll in baseball history. However, after all that,...
With the free agency period dwindling and Spring Training about a month away, the Mets head into the 2024 season with tempered expectations. While in previous years, the mentality was “World Series or bust,” which came across in how Steve Cohen spent, this past offseason was quieter. After bringing in David Stearns as the president of baseball operations, the Mets decided to take a...
Robert Murray of Fansided recently reported that the New York Mets have shown interest in designated hitter Jorge Soler. On Thursday night, Héctor Gómez of Z101 Digital reported that the Mets are showing heavy interest in Soler. Gómez notes that the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Boston Red Sox are involved, too, with the latter being the frontrunner. Soler is...
The Yoshinobu Yamamoto free-agent race is finally over. And, well, it didn’t go as planned. Yamamoto decided to join Shohei Ohtani in the Dodger blue, taking the Mets bid to Los Angeles and allowing the organization to match the dollar figure. While many didn’t believe it at the time, the Mets were reportedly the third team behind the Yankees and Dodgers during Yamamoto’s brief...
JORGE SOLER Position: OF/DH, B/T: R/R Age: 31 (02/25/1992) 2023 Traditional Stats: 580 PA, .250/.341/.512/.853, 126 H, 36 HR, 75 RBI 2023 Advanced Stats: 126 wRC+, 24.3% K%, 11.4% BB%, .272 BABiP, .376 xwOBA, 1.9 fWAR, 1.8 bWAR Rundown After an injury-plagued 2022 season, Jorge Soler put together his best year since 2019. He made his first All-Star Game, blasting 36 homers and posting a strong...
Monday is the deadline for teams and players to decide on options for the 2024 season. However, decisions started trickling out on Thursday after the conclusion of the World Series, and there already have been a couple of interesting names added to the free-agent pool. Former Met Seth Lugo and former World Series MVP Jorge Soler headline the players who declined or had their option declined and...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Texas Rangers are racing towards their first World Series title after an 11-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Texas holds a 3-1 lead with Game 5 being played Wednesday night at 8:03 p.m. on FOX. Home runs by Corey Seager and Marcus Semien led the way for a Rangers team who led 10-0 after the third inning, while Andrew Heaney pitched five innings of...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday night, former Mets pitchers and twice teammates faced off deep in the heart of Texas, as Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros and Max Scherzer of the Texas Rangers went head-to-head. Verlander had a big bounceback start as he went seven stellar innings, just giving up two runs (one earned) and holding the vaunted Rangers lineup to only four hits. Scherzer,...
