Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets are rolling. With a 9-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Mets earned a series sweep over the Buccos and have now won four straight series to get back over .500. Luis Severino had another solid outing and the offense continued swinging their hot bats during their four-game win streak. Click here for a full breakdown of the Mets’ win on Wednesday. Now,...
On Sunday, the Syracuse Mets (Triple-A) put outfielder Drew Gilbert on the seven-day injured list. According to Anthony DiComo of SNY, Gilbert’s injury is a, “mild strain of his right hamstring.” Gilbert was removed from Syracuse’s game against Scranton Wilkes/Barre on Saturday. He was injured in Game 2 of the doubleheader after legging out an infield single that...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday, it was reported that Justin Verlander will be making his first rehab start of the season as he works his way back to the big league roster. Just like in 2023, Verlander started the season on the shelf. This time, it was due to shoulder inflammation that he was feeling early on in spring training. However, Verlander’s return seems to be right around...
Ryan Clifford doubled in a run and three other prospects added run-scoring singles to help a team of New York Mets prospects to a 4-2 victory over Washington Nationals prospects at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The game was part of MLB’s inaugural Spring Breakout event, which is a series of 16 games that will feature minor-league stars from all 30 teams. A 1985 Mets promo would...
Good morning, Mets fans! One of the league’s most dominant closers is nearing his return. After throwing a perfect inning in a minor league intrasquad scrimmage, Edwin Díaz said he could appear in a Grapefruit League scrimmage game next week, according to Tim Healey of Newsday. Díaz was pleased with the minor league intrasquad scrimmage, Healey said on X. His fastball sat between 96-98 miles...
Four Mets prospects were ranked in the top-100 list that FanGraphs published on Thursday: Drew Gilbert, Jett Williams, Jeremy Rodriguez and Christian Scott. Two of the four were acquired at last season’s trade deadline. All four received future value grades of 50. The Mets’ highest-ranked prospects were Gilbert and Williams at No. 52 and 54, respectively — contrary to MLB Pipeline,...
Good morning, Mets fans! Former Met and future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander is reportedly a couple of weeks behind schedule and his timetable is TBA at the moment, per Brian McTaggart of MLB.com. Verlander also had a delayed start to his 2023 season due to an upper back/shoulder issue, which seems to be ailing him this year as well. The three-time Cy Young award winner said he was going about...
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 2024 season a couple of months away, expectations are much lower for the New York Mets than in 2022 and 2023. Before the 2022 season, the Mets made many acquisitions, headlined by pitcher Max Scherzer. Going into the 2023 campaign, the Mets added (among others) Cy Young award winner Justin Verlander, along with established reliever David Robertson. In preparation for 2024, the Mets have...
Major League Baseball has officially set their 2024 trade deadline date to Tuesday, July 30 at 6 p.m. ET, per Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Due to the new collective bargaining agreement, the Commissioner’s Office has the power to set the deadline to any date between July 28 and August 3. The league liked having the deadline on a Tuesday, as the 2023 deadline was on Tuesday, August 1,...
It’s no secret that 2023 did not shape out as the New York Mets had hoped from the onset of the season. However, the team still supplied a number of notable individual performances, especially on the pitching end. With that, let’s take a look at the top-five pitching performances of the Mets’ 2023 campaign. 5). Justin Verlander vs. CHW 7/19/23 In one of his final starts as a...
The New York Mets have to pay just under $101 million in luxury tax fees to Major League Baseball. According to the league, the Mets tax bill totals $100,781,932 million after they went above the luxury tax threshold for the second consecutive season. It is the highest luxury tax bill in major league history, which doubled the previous high of $43.6 million by the 2015 Dodgers. The Mets were hit...
