Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets (12-5) were fueled by some more good starting pitching on Sunday — this time by Tylor Megill (3-0, 2.25) to take Sunday’s rubber game of a three-game set with the Arizona Diamondbacks (6-10), by a score of 6-2. Read a full recap of the win here. Latest Mets News The Cincinnati Reds have claimed Matt Reynolds off of waivers from the Mets. This year,...
On Monday, the New York Mets reassigned top prospect 3B Brett Baty, along with three others, to minor league camp. According to Tim Healey, joining Baty on the cut list were OF Jake Mangum, IF Matt Reynolds, and LHP Rob Zastryzny. Baty appeared in seven spring games, going 2-for-8 with one walk and four strikeouts. Having yet to play above Double-A, his reassignment does not come as a surprise....
Good morning Mets fans! Monday’s 8:00 p.m. EST non-tender deadline has come and gone, and MLB now has a new crop of free agents. With 56 players non-tendered (including one who retired before being non-tendered), clubs will now be able to take a look at some expected non-tendered free agents, in addition to some unexpected non-tendered free agents. Latest Mets News The Mets tendered...
Good morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News Mike Puma of the New York Post shared some ideas on how the Mets could utilize their funds this offseason. Despite what could be had in the trade market this offseason, Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen has taken a liking to holding onto the prospects in the system. Latest MLB News With more information coming out about the Astros sign-stealing scandal, Ken...
The Mets got their first helping of humble pie with an epic meltdown in the eighth by their major league best bullpen, as Washington gave New York a taste of their own come from behind medicine. “We can’t let this put us into a tailspin,” Mickey Callaway said. Staked to a 6-1 lead, Jacob deGrom had the Nationals in the palm of his gifted right hand. Riding high on his seven-frame gem of an...
The New York Mets announced that they have traded utility infielder Matt Reynolds to the Washington Nationals in return for cash considerations. The infielder was designated for assignment last week to make room for Todd Frazier. In his MLB career, the 27-year old has a .228/.300/.351 slash line along with four home runs and 18 RBIs to give him a lowly 77 wRC+.
In a corresponding move to make room for Todd Frazier on the 40-man roster, the Mets have designated Matt Reynolds for assignment. Many had speculated he would eventually be a roster casualty to make room for a new addition this offseason and today that officially occurred. The utility infielder made his MLB debut in 2016 and has split time between the majors and Las Vegas since then. In his MLB...
Offseason Plan No. 3 – John Jackson The MMO editorial staff was asked what they would do to make the Mets a contender for 2018 if they were the general manager of the team. Joe D. shared his offseason plan on Thursday and Michael Mayer shared his on Friday. Now it’s my turn. The rule is that we must limit spending to $30-$35 million due to Sandy Alderson’s comments about the...
The New York Mets (67-90) defeated the Atlanta Braves (71-85) by a score of 3-2 in the second game of the double-header tonight at Citi Field. Pitching: Seth Lugo took the mound for the Mets and had his best outing since his return from the disabled list. He went six innings while allowing zero runs, two hits and striking out seven batters. Jerry Blevins replaced him in the seventh inning and...
The New York Mets (62-79) beat the Cincinnati Reds (61-81) 5-0 on Friday night at Citi Field. The Mets have now won three straight games. Pitching: Seth Lugo (5-4, 5.00 ERA) started for the Mets. In his last start, Lugo was working on one of his best outings of the season before things blew up in the sixth inning. This time he was able to consistently put up zeros throughout the entire start....
The Mets announced that Yoenis Cespedes will not play again this season due to his right hamstring strain. He has said he will completely change his workout regimen this offseason, which will hopefully lead to less time on the disabled list next season. Original Post – August 26 New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes left Friday night’s game against the Washington Nationals in the...
The New York Mets (56-71) took the opener of their four-game series with the Washington Nationals (76-50) by a score of 4-2 at Nationals Park on Friday night. Pitching: Jacob deGrom (13-7, 3.49 ERA) took the mound for the Mets looking get back on the winning side of things as he was 1-4 in his last five starts coming into this game. He did exactly that as he went 7 2/3 innings and limited the...
