Tag: Justin Verlander

Mets Prospects Top Nationals in Spring Breakout Event

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...

Morning Briefing: Edwin Díaz to Pitch in Grapefruit League Next Week

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 Ranked in FanGraphs’ Top 100 Prospects

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,...

Morning Briefing: Verlander ‘Behind Schedule,’ Dealing with Shoulder Issue

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...

Did the Mets do Enough This Offseason to Compete in 2024?

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,...

Mets Are Resetting In 2024: What Does That Mean?

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...

2024 Trade Deadline Set For July 30

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,...

New York Mets’ Top Pitching Performances Of the 2023 Season

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...

Mets Hit With Record $101 Million Luxury Tax Bill

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...

Kodai Senga Reflects on First MLB Season

Nobody knew what to expect from Kodai Senga in his first MLB season. People weren’t sure if there would be growing pains adjusting to baseball in the States after playing in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball League since 2012. Senga, however, put those concerns to rest quickly. He finished his first season with a 12-7 record, 2.98 ERA, 202 strikeouts, and an All-Star, and he...

MMO Trade Profile: Dylan Cease, RHP

Dylan Cease Position: SP B/T: R/R Age: 27 (12/28/1995) 2023 Traditional Stats: 33 GS, 177 IP, 7-9, 4.58 ERA, 1.418 WHIP, 214 SO, 79 BB 2023 Advanced Stats: 97 ERA+, 27.3% SO%, 10.1% BB%, 4.07 xERA, 3.72 FIP, 4.08 xFIP, 3.7 fWAR, 2.4 bWAR Rundown Dylan Cease, a player who was once a top-100 prospect, has been a consistent piece of the Chicago White Sox’s rotation for the last four seasons....

How Prospects Mets Acquired at the Deadline Did This Year

The New York Mets were quite active during this past trade deadline, but not in the way that most fans envisioned them being entering the 2023 season. Here is a look at how all of the prospects the Mets acquired a few months ago ended up faring in their new organization. SS Luisangel Acuña Acuña arrived in the trade that sent Max Scherzer to the eventual World Series champion Texas Rangers. He...

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