Major League Baseball announced Wednesday that Shohei Ohtani won the AL Most Valuable Player Award, and Ronald Acuña Jr. won the NL Most Valuable Player Award. They both unanimously won their respective awards. Rangers duo Corey Seager and Marcus Semien landed second and third, respectively. The World Series MVP Seager received 24 second-place votes and six third-place votes, while Semien...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday night, the MLB season officially ended as the Texas Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2023 World Series, four games to one. Winning Game 5 of the series by a score of 5-0, the 2023 Rangers gave the franchise their first-ever World Series trophy since its inception in 1961. Game 5 was the definition of a pitcher’s duel, even though each...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Texas Rangers are racing towards their first World Series title after an 11-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Texas holds a 3-1 lead with Game 5 being played Wednesday night at 8:03 p.m. on FOX. Home runs by Corey Seager and Marcus Semien led the way for a Rangers team who led 10-0 after the third inning, while Andrew Heaney pitched five innings of...
Good morning, Mets fans! The long awaited arrival of one of the Mets’ top prospects, Ronny Mauricio, will finally be coming to fruition as he is going to be promoted to the major league roster in the coming days. The initial news came from Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extrabase, who reported that the Mets third-ranked prospect will be promoted when the rosters expand to 28 on Friday,...
Position: SS Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 30 (10/02/1992) 2022 Traditional Stats: 150 G, 631 PA, .307/.377/.456, 15 HR, 38 2B, 73 RBI, 171 H 2022 Advanced Stats: 134 wRC+, 5.7 rWAR, 6.1 fWAR, .362 BABiP, .323 xwOBA, 4.9 UZR, 4 DRS, 5 OAA Note, Bogaerts still is not a free agent, as he has an option he has yet to decide on. There is still a chance that he opts in an remains in Boston. Though, consensus...
The MLB lockout has been in place a little over one week. That’s not really long, but the absence of baseball news makes it seem longer. The Winter Meetings should be happening. We should be discussing the trades the Mets made, or did not make. Everything is off cycle now, and the real problem is that there is no sign of an imminent return to normalcy. Baseball has been down this path...
The Texas Rangers agreed to a 10-year deal with free agent shortstop Corey Seager on Monday, Jeff Passan of ESPN reported. Seager has spent his entire professional career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, ever since they drafted him in the first round of the 2012 draft. He’s been one of the best shortstops in baseball since his debut in 2015, racking up 23.7 fWAR and posting a .297/.367/.504...
The Hot Stove is reaching a fever pitch just three days before a potential lockout between owners and the Players’ Association, with multiple deals reportedly being agreed to before Wednesday’s midnight deadline. Semien Is Headed To Texas Marcus Semien agreed to a seven-year, $175 million deal with the Texas Rangers, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Fansided’s Robert...
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free, but do not give me any free agent tied to draft compensation. For the Mets, certain free agents need not apply and reach out to them this offseason. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports the Mets are unlikely to add a free agent who rejected a qualifying offer from another club because of the draft compensation associated...
During last Friday’s press conference to introduce Billy Eppler as the New York Mets’ general manager, owner Steve Cohen and team president Sandy Alderson shared thoughts on a number of topics. One of those topics involved free-agent middle infielder, Javier Báez. Cohen shared the following tidbit when asked about Báez: Steve Cohen on Javier Báez, "He did a phenomenal job for...
Marcus Semien Position: 2B/SS Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 31 (9/17/1990) Traditional Stats: (162 G) .265/.334/.538, .873 OPS, 39 2B, 45 HR, 115 RBI Advanced Stats: 133 OPS+, 131 wRC+, 6.6 WAR, 9.1 BB%, 18.5 K% Defensive Stats: 11 DRS (2B), 1 DRS (SS), 7.3 UZR Rundown The oldest of the big five shortstops on the market, Marcus Semien bet on himself with a one-year deal in Toronto and is hoping to cash...
Good morning, Mets fans! Game 3 of the 2o21 World Series takes place tonight as the Astros and Braves fly to Atlanta with the series tied at one game apiece. Right-hander Luis Garcia takes the ball for the Astros. He has thrown 9.1 innings in the postseason and is 1-1. Ian Anderson will start for the Braves. In three games this postseason Anderson is 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA. First pitch is scheduled...
