Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets suffered their first big loss this season as they will be without starting pitcher José Quintana until at least late July, according to the New York Post’s Mike Puma. Mets general manager Billy Eppler said the pitcher will be shut down for three months as he stays out of the Mets rotation due to a lesion on his rib. Quintana will have bone graft surgery in...
Good morning, Mets fans! In an article on the Sports Business Journal, John Ourand discussed Major League Baseball hiring Billy Chambers as EVP/ Local Media. “MLB already has started looking into creating a national product that would combine its local rights with its out-of-market extra innings package — an effort that would do away with blackouts,” he said.” Latest Mets News The...
Jim Bowden of The Athletic reports that once the Mets get a deal done with Carlos Correa that their focus will then be adding a backup outfielder. It would certainly make sense given that right now their fourth outfielder –not counting Jeff McNeil– is Khalil Lee. The Mets starting outfield right now is Brandon Nimmo in center field, Starling Marte in right field, and Mark Canha in...
According to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, the New York Mets will look into the possibility of signing free agent outfielder Kevin Kiermaier if they fail to bring Brandon Nimmo back. Nimmo had a very strong season in both the offensive and defensive facets of the game in 2022. Offensively, he accumulated a slash line of .274/.367/.433 with 16 home runs and 64 RBIs in 151 games....
The New York Yankees have checked in with New York Mets free agent Jacob deGrom, according to SNY’s Andy Martino. The market for deGrom continues to evolve as now the Mets, Yankees, Atlanta Braves, and Texas Rangers have officially checked in with the superstar. Martino says the Yankees requested medical information on deGrom but it does not mean the Yankees have decided to pursue the...
Let’s check in on some rumors linking the Mets to particular free agents: Andrew Heaney Heaney, 31, was first reported as a Mets target by Newsday. A lefty starting pitcher fits the Mets need and has connections with the Mets front office and GM Billy Eppler when he was a member of the Angels. Heaney is reportedly seeking a multi-year deal on a winning team. The Dodgers did not issue...
Note: All swing statistics cited in this article are current through October 2nd, 2022 Despite a disappointing final weekend of the regular season in Atlanta, the Mets finished with one of their best records in franchise history. Jeff McNeil’s turnaround season has been one of the key factors to their success. After an uncharacteristically poor 2021 campaign, McNeil won the batting title and...
Updated Post 4/2/22, 5:54 PM EST The deal has “hit a snag,” Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported, and others such as Joel Sherman of the New York Post and Andy Martino of SNY confirmed. Sherman added that the Mets had discussed whether to take on about $24 million of Hosmer’s salary and ultimately decided against it. Updated Post 4/2/22, 1:37 PM EST Andy Martino of SNY added that...
One of the good things I can still remember about last season was just how good the Mets played when Moises Alou was in the lineup. Although I was indifferent about his signing, I slowly but surely became a big fan the more I saw of him. I expected to see an old washed up player with lousy defense and instead I was treated to a player who wielded a powerful bat and led the team in batting buy a...
Everytime I look up it seems like yet another free agent reliever is off the market. Today was no different as two more quality relievers signed deals with their new teams.Francisco Cordero ended up signing a very fat contract that will pay him $46 million dollars over four years while pitching for the Cincinnati Reds. It seems like a lot of money to me, but the market is what it is.Meanwhile...
Last night Omar Minaya and Indians general manager, Mark Shapiro, had dinner together. This is only speculation, but Newsday writer, Ken Davidoff, believed that maybe they were discussing left-hand pitcher Cliff Lee. Lee was coming off of two impressive seasons going into this year, but had a disastrous season that landed him back in AAA in 2007. Minaya already has a history with Cliff Lee that...
