With March approaching, so too is St. Patrick’s Day. To celebrate the upcoming holiday, FOCO just released a collection of St. Patrick’s Day themed mascot bobbleheads that includes popular team mascots from the MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL. Included in the collection is a Mr. Met St. Patrick’s Day Bobblehead. Unlike most of FOCO’s bobblehead releases, these St. Patrick’s Day bobbles launched...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Milwaukee Brewers announced that left-handed pitcher Justin Wilson has been signed to a one-year contract with a club option for 2024. Wilson was effective for the Mets in 2019 and 2020. Latest Mets News Mike Puma of The New York Post discusses Francisco Lindor finding the source of his discomfort he dealt with for over a year that surfaced on occasion. Latest MLB...
With Wayne Randazzo accepting a position with the Los Angeles Angels, the New York Mets hired Brooklyn Cyclones radio announcer Keith Raad to join Howie Rose on WCBS 880 for the 2023 season. Raad was kind enough to agree to an interview to discuss his journey: MMO: Congratulations on being named one of the New York Mets radio announcers for the 2023 season. Certainly, this must be a dream come...
On January 16, original Met Frank Thomas passed away. Thomas was acquired by the Mets before their inaugural season 1962 in a trade with the Milwaukee Braves. Thomas played for the Mets from 1962 until August 1964, when he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. As a Met, Thomas hit 52 home runs over two and two-thirds seasons, while posting a .262 batting average and driving in 173 runs. He...
Good morning, Mets fans. Former MLB outfielder Frank Thomas passed away Monday at the age of 93. Thomas played for seven different teams during his 16 years in the majors, including three with the Mets. He was a three-time All-Star for his hometown Pirates before getting traded to the Cubs and then the Braves, eventually getting sent to the Mets in November of 1961. In the team’s inaugural...
Stop me if you heard this one before. Reportedly, the New York Mets and star infielder Carlos Correa are getting closer to a deal. Per Jim Bowden on MLB Network Radio, it appears we may see a deal sometime soon. The below is a transcript of the audio from the exchange on the radio show: “I am being told from a friend that is very close to Correa that he will be a New York Met. And that...
It was the first significant move of the Steve Cohen era. Francisco Lindor had been rumored to be a trade candidate that offseason and speculation was that the New York Mets were an ideal fit. But when news broke that the Mets had acquired the superstar shortstop from Cleveland, there was little notice it was going to happen. Nevertheless, the surprise was certainly a pleasant one for Mets fans....
Carlos Correa became a New York Met overnight… literally. We all know the story by now but when something this big happens, you can’t help but talk about it for days, right? Well we are here at Metsmerized. We’re still so excited by this signing and we wanted to share all of our excitement over this addition with all of you. John Sheridan We as Mets fans knew we were owed for...
According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the San Francisco Giants have signed outfielder Michael Conforto. The deal is for two years, $36 million, and has an opt-out after the first season. Conforto, 29, missed the entire 2022 season after a shoulder injury forced him to have surgery in April. Conforto’s agent, Scott Boras, told reporters last week that Michael was throwing from 120 feet and...
At 2:38 AM on Wednesday, December 21, Jon Heyman of the New York Post revealed on Twitter that the Mets and esteemed infielder Carlos Correa had reached an agreement on a blockbuster 12-year contract worth $315 million. When most fans woke up the next morning, this news sent shockwaves around the entire league as Correa was seemingly destined to be a member of the San Francisco Giants. So how...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Will Sammon of The Athletic reports that the New York Mets and free-agent Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga met and the encounter went well, industry sources say. Senga, a right-handed pitcher is coming off a solid season for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball league, where he posted a record of 11-6 with a 1.94 ERA. In 11 total seasons in Japan,...
The 2022 MLB season has officially come to an end and the Mets will enter what many believe will be an extremely active offseason for the team. They already made headlines inking Edwin Diaz to the largest contract ever for a closer, and recent history suggests this will be the first of many large moves for the Mets. There’s no doubt the 2022 season didn’t end the way we had hoped, but there’s a...
