The New York Mets spent this week on the road as they split a two-game set with the Washington Nationals before dropping two of three to the Minnesota Twins. The Mets garnered admirable performances from a pair of their veterans along the way as Brandon Nimmo and José Quintana positioned themselves for strong finishes to their seasons. Hitter of the Week Brandon Nimmo has adapted more of a power...
After David Wright signed his seven-year, $122 million contract, we knew he was going to re-write the New York Mets record books, and he did. If not for spinal stenosis, he would have put all the records well out of reach. Unfortunately, he did get injured, and as a result, he did put the records in play. Other than Tim Healey of Newsday jokingly referring to Brandon Nimmo putting the hit by...
Looking to make a giant splash over the off-season, the New York Mets strongly considered acquiring an impact center fielder through free agency and came up just short in their pursuit of outfielder George Springer. However, losing out on him to the Toronto Blue Jays may not have been such a terrible outcome. At the time, failing to land one of the top hitters in the major leagues was extremely...
Coming off an extremely successful performance last season, the New York Mets were counting on outfielder Brandon Nimmo to help lead the club’s offense and also serve as a reliable defender in center field throughout 2021, although that plan has hit a bit of a speed bump early on. Despite enjoying a productive start to the season, resulting in a .465 BABIP, .388 wOBA, .413 xwOBAcon, 151...
With the regular season less than two weeks away, the New York Mets Opening Day roster is beginning to take shape. We have a pretty good idea of who is going to man what position, who is going to be in the starting rotation and how most of the bullpen is going to stack up. However, when thinking about the lineup, there’s still one glaring question that remains: Who is the teams leadoff...
As things stand right now, the New York Mets don’t have a bona fide leadoff hitter. Todd Frazier’s name has been kicked around to slot into the position, though it remains to be seen if that comes to fruition. On Wednesday, however, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reported that the Mets plan to use outfielder Juan Lagares as their leadoff hitter frequently throughout Spring Training....
On Tuesday at manager Mickey Callaway’s presser in Port St. Lucie, he said that finding a leadoff hitter is going to be one of the more difficult tasks on his agenda. However, Mike Puma of the New York Post is reporting that the team is discussing batting new acquisition Todd Frazier in the No. 1 spot. The 31-year-old split the 2017 season between the Chicago White Sox and New York...
New Mets manager Mickey Callaway held a Spring Training press conference in Port St. Lucie on Tuesday and addressed several key points, many of which were regarding the state of the pitchers. “If we don’t do something special with this group, then it’s on me,” he said, showing how confident he is in the team. Here are five things we learned from the skipper: He’s excited about his...
A decade ago, the Mets had a bonafide leadoff hitter and one of the fastest shortstops in baseball, Jose Reyes. Fast forward to 2017 and history has repeated itself. MLBPipeline’s No. 1 prospect in the game, Amed Rosario, is the fastest player at his position according to Statcast. The average sprint speed across baseball is 27 feet per second in a player’s fastest one-second window,...
Recently, Kevin Kernan of the NY Post said the Mets are screwing up Michael Conforto by making him their leadoff hitter and not letting him hit in the middle of the order. Conforto has easily been the Mets best hitter and has not even been close. His OBP, slugging percentage, wOBA (weighted on base average), and wRC+ are all first on the team by a good margin. Metrics say the best hitter should...
Michael Conforto returned to the third spot in the lineup Sunday against the Brewers and delivered, going 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a walk, knocking a double, triple, and home run. He was a single shy of the cycle when he came up to bat in the 8th inning but popped out. “It’s all the same for me,” Conforto said after Sunday’s game about moving in the...
Well, that was another excruciating loss to say the least. For the fourth game in a row, the Mets were in it until the end but just could not get the job done when it counted. Who was it this time? There are a few people that could be blamed for the loss – Rafael Montero definitely being towards the top of that list. However, if Jose Reyes had caught a popup, the Mets probably would have...
