For my money, the best play I’ve ever seen an infielder make was on August 12, 2013, by Jose Iglesias. Then in his first of what would be five seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Iglesias was at shortstop when Josh Phegley looped a broken-bat flare just over pitcher Doug Fister. Iglesias, who was playing back, sprinted in, barehanded it, and made a seemingly impossible throw to Prince Fielder at...
The beginning of May was kind to the Mets’ minor league affiliates, each of whom either tied or won their series. Syracuse and St. Lucie tied, while Binghamton and Brooklyn won. Meanwhile, the Florida Complex League is underway, and the FCL Mets went 1-1 in their first two games of the season. There were plenty of notable performances this past week. The most impressive was from Joander...
On Tuesday, offense was the deciding factor for the New York Mets minor league farm system. The Binghamton Rumble Ponies, however, were rained out of their game against the Hartford Yard Goats. The game will be played as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Mets minor-leaguers who did play all took home wins. Their offenses were the key contributors to their wins on Tuesday. Led...
The Syracuse Mets (1-2) finished off their opening series of the season with the Rochester Red Wings (2-1) on Sunday. Mike Vasil, MLB Pipeline’s No. 11 Mets prospect, was on the bump for his first start of the season, going against Jackson Rutledge, the starter for the Nationals’ Triple-A affiliate. In the rubber game between these two teams, Syracuse fell behind from the jump and...
With Opening Day for the New York Mets now on Friday, thanks to rain, New York is still finalizing their roster before taking the field for the regular season. It’ll be a temporary final roster until new acquisition J.D. Martinez is ready to play. Until then, however, the Mets will have to go with the roster they have. They have already made some decisions, with Mark Vientos getting...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets played split-squad action on Sunday, beating the Nationals 10-1 and dropping their game against the Marlins, 5-1. Luis Severino allowed just one run and four hits with four strikeouts in five innings against Washington, moving his spring ERA to 1.29. Edwin Díaz struck out Alex Call in a 1-2-3 sixth inning. Pete Alonso, Starling Marte, and Tyrone Taylor each...
The Mets officially announced they signed J.D. Martinez to a one-year contract on Saturday. The contract totals $12 million, but is broken out to benefit the Mets. Martinez’s base salary for the 2024 season is set at $2 million, and has $7.5 million deferred, which will be paid in $1.5 million installments from 2034-2038. He also received a $2.5 million signing bonus. The Mets assigned...
With Opening Day just nine days away against the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field, the New York Mets are in the process of forming their roster for the beginning of the regular season. This evening, as the Mets are set to play a spring training game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the team made another round of cuts. For this round, these lists of players include: RHP Kyle Crick OF Ben Gamel RHP...
The New York Mets spent Sunday playing two games. The split-squad affair saw half the team travel to West Palm Beach to take on the Washington Nationals. Meanwhile, the other half stayed at Port St. Lucie and played the Miami Marlins at Clover Park. The squad who took on the Marlins erased a 6-1 deficit and tallied a 7-6 win courtesy of a José Iglesias walk-off solo home run. The team against...
The New York Mets expect big things from Francisco Álvarez in 2024, and he shined with both his power bat and his arm behind the plate on Thursday against the Washington Nationals. Not only did he hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the fifth in New York’s 3-1 win in Port St. Lucie, but he also threw out three baserunners. Cole Irvin had held the Mets offense scoreless through the first four...
Non-roster invitations generally fall into one of two larger buckets: prospects and veteran players. José Iglesias falls into the veteran bucket and is a great name to remember if you do the Immaculate Grid daily. Iglesias was signed by the Red Sox in 2009 and would make his major league debut for the Red Sox at just 21 years old in 2011. In 2013, he was part of a three-team trade that sent him...
Once the Mets granted him approval to play, Ronny Mauricio has been off to the races in the Caribbean Winter League since he stepped into the batter’s box. While the 22-year-old went 0-for-4 in his debut appearance on November 30, he’s gone 9-for-17 with three extra-base hits and two stolen bases. Through four games, he’s hitting .529/.556/.765/1.320. The top prospect has...
