Tag: lineup

Projecting the Mets’ Lineup After Call-Up of Mark Vientos

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,...

Mets’ Offense Off to Frustrating Start

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...

What Will the Mets’ 2023 Opening Day Lineup Be?

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,...

MMO Roundtable: Opening Day Lineup Predictions

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...

Mets’ Ideal Lineup Analytics: Strengths Or Handedness?

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...

Reexamining the Mets Lineup Without Carlos Correa

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...

Evaluating the Mets’ Post-Correa Options to Boost Their Lineup

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...

Mets Could Have Best Lineup in Baseball

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...

What Does the Mets Lineup Look Like With Carlos Correa?

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...

Who Has the Best Lineup in the NL East Today?

The Mets, Braves, and Phillies have all had active offseasons and figure to be among the top contenders in the National League next season. The NL East has had a representative in the World Series in three of the last four years, and each team will enter spring training feeling like they have a legit chance at winning the pennant. Each team has also made a significant acquisition to boost, or at...

Why The Mets Should Add Power To Their Lineup

Note, this is part one in a short two part series. Article two will be released later today. The New York Mets have been incredibly active so far this off-season, but they still need to add some real power to the middle of their lineup. There was no doubt that the Mets had a few big needs to address heading into this off-season, including pitching, and they made a good start by signing elite...

Mets Need to Rethink Construction of Lineup

It has been just under a week since the New York Mets saw their 2022 season brought to a sudden and bitterly disappointing end, and the search for answers continues with the meat still being picked off the bones in the aftermath of the wreckage. One of the burning questions to emerge from the autopsy on what went wrong is the offense and what now needs to be done to ensure that the Mets maximize...

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