Tag: Kevin Pillar

Morning Briefing: Shōta Imanaga Could Get $100 Million

Good morning, Mets fans! In his free agency update on Wednesday, Jeff Passan of ESPN wrote that Japanese left-hander Shōta Imanaga could receive a contract of at least $100 million. The deadline for teams to negotiate with the Imanaga is on Jan. 11. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com predicts that Imanaga will ultimately sign with the New York Mets. Latest Mets News  The Mets announced that on Tuesday,...

Mets Offseason Recap: Week 5

The 2021 league year officially came to a close when the Atlanta Braves won the World Series. (The Mets are now the only NL East team to not win a World Series in the 21st century.) With that came a drove of news in terms of player personnel as the 2022 league years gets under way, as well as some routine disappointments with regards to the Mets’ front office search. Let’s look at...

2021 Mets Report Card: Kevin Pillar

Player Data: Age: 32 (1/4/1989), B/T: R/R Primary Stats: 124 G, 347 PA, .231 BA, .277 OBP, .415 SLG, .692 OPS, 75 H, 15 HR, 47 RBI, 11 BB, 81 SO Advanced Stats: 90 wRC+, 23.3% K%, 3.2% BB%, .261 BABIP, .277 xwOBA, 0.7 fWAR, 0.5 bWAR 2021 Salary: $5 million Grade: C 2021 Review Kevin Pillar’s 2021 season cannot be measured in just numbers. Despite struggling at the plate for a large portion...

Mets Go on an Offensive Attack, Taking the Series Against the Nationals With 9-4 Win

How bad is the blood between Mets players and their fans? The ball club can’t even get some loyalty love when they win and a few of the newly employed are lashing out. Cubs transplant Javier Báez along with Francisco Lindor and Kevin Pillar, flashed thumbs down to their faithless followers in response to the bounty of boos they’ve received for the majority of the season. Afterward, Báez...

Mets Heed to Steve Cohen’s Tweet and Beat the Giants

On the same day the Mets received a tongue-lashing tweet from team owner Steve Cohen, the Amazins’ lived up to their nickname on Wednesday, getting out of Frisco with some desperate dignity. The digs from Cohen left the uninspired offense dormant until the top of the ninth when J.D. Davis hit a sacrifice fly to even the score 1-1. Edwin Diaz clearly got the memo in the bottom frame with two...

“Series” Preview: Mets Play Make-Up Game In DC Before Heading To Atlanta

The New York Mets (40-33, first place in the National League’s eastern division) will make a one-game stop in the nation’s capital to play manager Dave Martinez’s Washington Nationals (37-38, second place in the National League’s eastern division) before heading to Atlanta for three games with the Braves. In their most recent action, the Mets split a four-game series...

Series Preview: Four Games In Washington Against Nationals

The New York Mets (35-26, first place in the National League’s eastern division) travel to Washington D.C. to play four games in three days against manager Dave Martinez’s Washington Nationals (30-35, fourth place in the National League’s eastern division). On Thursday, the Mets completed a seven-game home stand against the Padres and Cubs with a 5-2 record, unable to complete...

How the Mets’ Outfield is Surviving Without Conforto and Nimmo

Amid an extremely busy offseason, the New York Mets received a ton of credit for acquiring impact players like Francisco Lindor, Carlos Carrasco, James McCann, Trevor May and more, but the front office also added some important depth pieces and those moves are certainly paying off so far this season. With injuries becoming a major concern across the major leagues in 2021, featuring multiple...

Mets Outfielders Unleash Power on Orioles

The New York Mets out-hit the Orioles 16-6 in their 14-1 defeat of Baltimore on Wednesday night. Of those hits, the Mets’ outfielders accumulated for half of the sixteen hits, six of the Mets’ 14 runs, and 10 of the 14 RBIs on the night. Right fielder Billy McKinney was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and five RBIs. He hit two home runs (a solo home run in the fifth and a two-run home run in the...

Pete Alonso Returns to Mets Lineup With A Bang

The Mets opened their three-game set against the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday night at Chase Field, and with fresh scenery also came the returns of outfielder Kevin Pillar, right-hander Seth Lugo and first baseman Pete Alonso. Despite not participating in a single rehab game prior to returning from his wrist injury, the Polar Bear did not disappoint in his return to action. Alonso grounded out to...

Series Preview: Mets Head West For Three With The Diamondbacks

The New York Mets (25-20, first place in the National League’s eastern division) make their first trip to the western time zone since 2019 as they begin a three-game series against manager Torey Luvullo’s Arizona Diamondbacks (19-35, fifth place in the National League’s western division). The Mets are coming off a rain-shortened weekend series with the Braves, in which they won...

Mets Call Up Wilfredo Tovar To Replace Kevin Pillar

What year is it again? According to Jacob Resnick of SNY, the New York Mets have called up utility man Wilfredo Tovar from Triple-A Syracuse to replace outfielder Kevin Pillar, who landed on the injured list after getting hit in the face with a pitch on Monday night. The team also designated catcher Deivy Grullón for assignment to make room on the 40-Man roster for Tovar. The Mets’ I.L....

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