Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets’ priority at this stage of free agency continues to be a fourth outfielder and on Friday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported that the Mets are considering signing Tommy Pham for that role. Heyman also mentioned the possibility of Trey Mancini, Adam Duvall, Jurickson Profar, or Tyler Naquin. It was previously reported on Thursday that the Mets had...
Jurickson Profar Position: OF Bats/Throws: S/R Age: 29 (2/20/1993) 2022 Traditional Stats: 152 G, 658 PA, .243/.331/.391/.723, 15 HR, 36 2B, 58 RBI, 140 H 2022 Advanced Stats: 111 OPS+, 110 wRC+, 3.1 bWAR, 2.5 fWAR, 11.1 BB%, 15.7 K%, .272 BABIP, .315 xwOBA, 2 DRS, -5 OAA Rundown Jurickson Profar had arguably the best season of his career in 2022. In his third season in San Diego, he was able to...
With Carlos Correa now signing with the Twins, the Mets have to try again to add some thump to their lineup. “We needed one more thing, and this (Correa) is it,” Cohen said when the team first agreed to their deal with Correa. “This was important… This puts us over the top.” While the team scored the third-most runs in the National League, they ranked just eighth in...
The Mets roster is missing a fourth outfielder right now. Last season, manager Buck Showalter enjoyed the ability to get a player off their feet for a day by rotating in a defense-first outfielder. The first half of the 2022 season saw outfielder Travis Jankowski appear in 43 games with 17 starts. The Mets used Ender Inciarte as a defensive replacement in 11 games. Trade deadline acquisition...
A night after being pounded by the Padres, Jacob deGrom kept the Mets’ playoff hopes alive with high heat and a bevy of beautifully placed sliders. The lanky right-hander tossed six innings of two-run, five-hit ball, fanning eight, including three consecutive punch-outs of Manny Machado. It wasn’t vintage, but it was good enough. Brandon Nimmo had a banner day going 3-for-4 with a ribeye,...
The New York Mets turned to their ace of nine years on Saturday night in a do-or-die Game 2. Well, despite not having his best stuff at time, the two-time Cy Young winner turned in a start good enough to give the Mets an opportunity to live another day. After six strong innings, the Mets piled on some insurance runs and Jacob deGrom earned an all-important Game 2 victory. Leading up to Saturday...
According to Jon Heyman, the Mets and the Texas Rangers are discussing a swap of Matt Harvey for infielder Jurickson Profar. However, he also notes that while they are talking, the Rangers do not like this deal straight up as Harvey is a free agent after this season. It had been previously reported earlier in the day that the Mets were discussing trades with teams interested in Harvey and Mike...
After missing the past two years due to injuries, former top prospect Jurickson Profar is back on the radar. Profar had a solid showing in the Arizona Fall League this year, and was named to the All-AFL team by Mike Rosenbaum of MLB.com. “Profar is finally beginning to look like the same player who ranked as baseball’s unanimous top prospect in 2013 before a shoulder injury limited...
Sandy Alderson denied there were any active trade discussions with the Texas Rangers about trading a starter. He added that it’s “fair to say” the Mets have had little to no recent talk about trading Dillon Gee or any other starting pitcher in recent weeks. If a trade were to materialize, he expects it would happen much later in spring training if it were to happen at all....
Though nothing seems imminent for now, Chris Cotillo of SB Nation has reported that the New York Mets and Texas Rangers are engaged in trade discussions and could possibly come to terms on something before the end of the Winter Meetings on Thursday. Cotillo also noted that while no specific players are being discussed at the moment, there is plenty of evidence that suggests the Mets and Rangers...
Jim Bowden of ESPN proposed a trio of three-team-trades he’d like to see happen next week at the MLB Winter Meetings. Among them, he proposed the following three-way deal involving the Mets: Texas Rangers get: OF Justin Upton from Braves New York Mets get: SS Elvis Andrus and $10 million from Rangers Atlanta Braves get: RHP Noah Syndergaard from Mets, OF Michael Choice from Rangers The...
In a stunning move on Wednesday night, the Detroit Tigers traded first baseman Prince Fielder to the Texas Rangers in exchange for second baseman Ian Kinsler. Tigers are sending $30 million to Texas along with Fielder and the deal is pending the waiving of no-trade clauses and physicals. Fielder, 29, is only two years into his $214 million mega deal he signed with the Tigers before the 2012...
