It’s almost here! Can you believe that Opening Day’s almost here?! We are so excited here at Metsmerized, aren’t you? It’s time for us to start our prediction pieces. First up? What we think the Mets’ Opening Day lineup will look like. David Melendi Francisco Lindor, SS Juan Soto, LF Bo Bichette, 3B Jorge Polanco, 1B Brett Baty, DH Francisco Alvarez, C Marcus Semien, 2B...
It’s almost here! Opening Day is almost here!! We are so excited here at Metsmerized, aren’t you? We’ve already told you our 2025 Mets hot takes. We’ve given you our Mets record, division winners, and playoff predictions. We’ve also given you our 2025 awards predictions. Now it’s time to give you our Opening Day Lineup predictions. Here’s what we think...
The Mets flew across the Atlantic looking to continue their winning ways. They landed in London after a three-game sweep over the Nationals, and were tasked with facing the National League-leading Phillies. While the Mets fell to the Phillies 7-2, and lost for the first time in six days, one thing was constant — Jeff McNeil was on the bench. Instead of penciling in the 2022 National League...
Mark Vientos has done more than enough to earn a spot back on the big-league club, and, on Wednesday, the Mets finally agreed. Vientos reportedly will be called up today and will presumably slot in as the Mets’ everyday DH moving forward. A corresponding move for Vientos’ impending addition has not been announced. Daniel Vogelbach has had an alright season at the plate thus far,...
The first two games of the Mets’ series in Milwaukee have gone about as poorly as possible. While it’s important not to overreact to the fifth and sixth games of the season, being outscored 19-0 in two games American Family Field is almost unthinkable for a team with championship aspirations. The #Mets have not scored a run and allowed 9+ runs in back-to-back games for the first time...
The Mets have largely already made the big roster decisions ahead of 2023 Opening Day. Brett Baty will start the year in Triple-A, as will Mark Vientos, and Darin Ruf was designated for assignment. The last couple weeks, I did roster projections for the first day of the season, but doing another one of those feels pretty cheap. The Mets will head into the season with Luis Guillorme, Tommy Pham,...
Last week we shared with you whether we thought Justin Verlander or Max Scherzer would be the Opening Day starting pitcher. Of course, now we have to share what we think the Opening Day lineup is going to look like! Here’s our predictions: John Sheridan Brandon Nimmo Starling Marte Francisco Lindor Pete Alonso Jeff McNeil Mark Canha Daniel Vogelbach Eduardo Escobar Omar Narváez Mojo Hill...
In the analytics era, lineup construction comes down to two central concepts that are often conflicting: batter strengths and handedness matchups. In 2022, Buck Showalter seemed to stick with the dual philosophies that handedness > strengths and lineup consistency > matchups. Those ideals are also contradictory at times, which led to some strange lineup decisions. The Mets will roll back a...
Carlos Correa will ultimately not be coming to New York in 2023 or beyond, after he spurned the Mets for the Minnesota Twins Tuesday following a weeks-long standoff with New York over contract language relating to his physical condition. While it’s a bitter pill to swallow for Mets fans knowing they were teased with the idea of a dominant left side of the infield for the next decade, all...
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...
It has been a transcendent offseason for the New York Mets and their bevy of offseason moves have given them the best lineup in baseball, according to MLB.com. In a Top 10 rankings piece compiled by Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com, the Mets come out top of the pile and have the best lineup in the majors heading into the 2023 season. However, it is important to note that Castrovince has included...
Steve Cohen might be vacationing in Hawaii, but the Mets owner still had an early Christmas gift for Mets fans early Wednesday morning. After his deal with the Giants fell through, the Mets swooped in and reportedly will sign Carlos Correa to a 12-year deal worth $315 million. Correa joins the likes of Edwin Díaz , Justin Verlander, Brandon Nimmo, David Robertson, José Quintana, and Kodai Senga...
