Christian De Block

Mets Record: 84-78

NL East: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: Cincinnati Reds
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks & San Diego Padres

AL East: New York Yankees
AL Central: Detroit Tigers
AL West: Houston Astros
AL Wild Card: Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers & Toronto Blue Jays

Mojo Hill

Mets Record: 78-84

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Padres, Phillies, Giants

AL East: Orioles
AL Central: Guardians
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Astros, Yankees, Rays

Patrick Glynn

Mets record: 88-74

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Giants, Phillies, Mets

AL East: Orioles
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Blue Jays, Yankees, Mariners

Francisco Lindor, Francisco Álvarez, Jeff McNeil. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports

James Villani

Mets Record: 83-79

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Phillies, DBacks, Giants

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Astros
AL Wild Card: Rangers, Orioles, Blue Jays

Allison Waxman

Mets Record: 84-78

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Phillies, Mets, D-Backs

AL East: Orioles
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Yankees, Mariners, Blue Jays

Johnluke Chaparro

Mets Record: 88-74

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Mets, Diamondbacks, Phillies

AL East: Rays
AL Central: Guardians
AL West: Astros
AL Wild Card: Rangers, Mariners, Twins

Brandon Nimmo, Pete Alonso. Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports

Jorge Eckhardt

Mets Record: 88-74

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Phillies, Diamondbacks, Mets

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Royals
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Astros, Rays, Orioles

Chris Bello

Mets Record: 82-80

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Phillies, Padres, Giants

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Mariners
AL Wild Card: Orioles, Astros, Rangers

Michelle Ioannou

Mets Record: 84-78

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Phillies, Mets, Giants

AL East: Orioles
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Card: Yankees, Mariners, Blue Jays

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A very Merry Christmas to all of our wonderful friends and amazing readers. Thanks for making Metsmerized Online the incredible Mets community it is today.

We are truly blessed to have such a passionate group of Mets fans all gathered in one place where there is a free exchange of opinions and ideas. We wouldn’t be here without you… Have a happy holiday season!

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At Metsmerized Online, we are totally committed to providing you with everything you need to know about the orange and blue.

We pride ourselves in providing you with timely and accurate team reports, exclusive player interviews, and some really cool  and insightful original articles to keep the Mets conversation going all year long!

Since day one, our goal has always been to create a Fan Site that truly represented a broad section of the fan base and where all opinions had value.

Thanks to the thousands of you who visit this site each day, we have succeeded and together we’ve created something truly special here at MMO.

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Mets fans, an all new episode is here!

Mike and I are joined once again this week by SNY’s Jacob Resnick for some great conversations about the first two series of the year: Buck Showalter‘s bullpen management, Max Scherzer/Chris Bassitt, the new-look Mets offense, and much more!

The minor league season is also underway, and Jacob shared some of his his thoughts on Mets prospects so far this season:

“To me, Port St Lucie is a good example of where this organization is heading as a player development operation. The top levels of the minors are a product of where the Mets have been in in the past few years, but when you look at the lower levels you see where the team has made progress in international signings and the top couple of rounds [in the draft], and being able to develop some of these guys using advanced metrics.”

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Mets fan, an all new episode is here!

This week Mike and I are joined by the host of the ‘Mets In The Morning’ Podcast and former radio voice of the Amazin’s Josh Lewin!

Josh had some great conversations with us about hosting a show for the Mets, previewing the 2022 season, his time in the booth for the Amazin’s, and much more!

We asked Lewin what his favorite moment was while working in the Mets radio booth, and you might be surprised to hear that it wasn’t a play or call on the field:

“We had a rain delay in Philly a month into the season in 2012, and the storms going on forever and they finally call the game, but the plane can’t get out for a while so we just kind of hang out in the press box for like three hours, so I’m walking around and go to get some ice cream in the food room about an hour and a half into this delay, and Howie (Rose) is taking big gulps of water and spitting them out into the sink! So I’m thinking, “maybe he’s cleansing his palate, maybe I should be doing that to help my vocal stylings or whatever”…After about the fourth time I finally ask him “why are you doing that?” He looks at me with a straight face and says “I’m practicing my spit takes!” And that’s what he was doing, and a hall of fame radio announcer and that’s how he was killing his time…I love that man.”

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Mets fans, a new episode is here!

This week Mike and I are joined by former Rays/Yankees scout and current minor league coach for the Brooklyn Cyclones, Chris Newell.

Chris took some time from Mets minor league camp for some great conversations with us about his scouting background and why he transitioned to coaching, what makes a successful player development program, how the Mets are instilling a winning attitude at every level of the organization, and much more!

I asked Chris what he took from his time with the Yankees and what makes their player development system so successful historically:

“I think first off, having the players backs is huge, I know there are certain organizations where players are scared to fail, and I’ve often said that how we deal with failure is ultimately how we are going to be successful. This regime has made it it okay to fail as long as we learn from it, and at the end of the day I think that is what’s most important.”

“Any championship organization prides itself in doing things the right way. There’s just a professionalism about it, you put your uniform on and it means something. Well with the regime and ownership here in New York with the Mets, everyone wants to be a Met now for that reason.”

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Mets fans, an all new episode is here!

Patrick Glynn joins Mike and I once again this week for some great conversations on Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom‘s spring training debuts, Starling Marte‘s durability questions, and more!

After being spotted in right field during sim-game yesterday, it’s been reported that we could see new Met Starling Marte play a lot of right field this season with Brandon Nimmo in center.

While that may have come as a shock to most of us, Mike believes this is the best way to get the most out of Marte:

“You go out and get a guy like Marte because he’s a good player. They didn’t sign him because he’s a stellar defensive center fielder because he’s not, which is why ultimately the Mets feel comfortable with Nimmo in center field. He (Nimmo) was better in center field by virtually every defensive metric last season over Marte and I don’t think that’s going to change much. I do think Marte is still a good fit for this team, they needed a top of the lineup guy who’s going to get on base and they wanted speed…Marte has a chance to be a really good defender in right.”

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Aug 22, 2020; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Alex Colome (48) throws the ball in the ninth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports

The market is picking up for a longtime MLB relief pitcher.

According to MLB Insider Robert Murray, the Washington Nationals, Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins and Houston Astros are in pursuit of right-hander Alex Colome.

Colome, 32, has spent the last two seasons with the Chicago White Sox, after a brief stint with the Seattle Mariners in 2018 and five and a half years with the Tampa Bay Rays.

In the shortened 2020 season, Colome had a 0.81 ERA, 2.97 FIP, 4.26 xFIP, 86.4 percent strand rate and 16 punch outs in 21 games.

During his last full season in 2019, Colome had a 2.80 ERA, 4.08 FIP, 4.61 xFIP, 55 punch outs and 30 saves in 61 innings pitched.

The 32-year-old is a first time free agent and is represented by Republik Sports.

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We here at Metsmerized have been following along with Andres Gimenez‘s performance since the beginning of the season. From carving a role for himself in his first MLB start to advocating that his time is now to analyzing whether he should continue getting starts to even garnering ROY attention, we have kept you covered on all things Gimenez.

But with that, we pose the question — what does his emergence mean for Amed Rosario?

There is no set answer for that, yet, but here are some of our thoughts.

Dilip 

Andres Gimenez is hitting .254/.290/.339. It’s fair to ask if his bat MLB ready. He’s a great defender, no doubt about that. But he might still need some development before becoming a major league hitter. The Mets can survive a bad hitter if their offense features Davis, McNeil, Smith, Nimmo, Conforto, and Alonso. But it seems less and less likely that all of them will be on a competitive Mets team, especially if the Mets want to get a legit No. 2 for the rotation in the trade market (hello Mike Clevinger). I’m still not willing to give up on Amed Rosario’s physical tools unless some team wants to pay a premium for him. He can easily become the next Justin Turner elsewhere. Until Gimenez shows that he can be a capable MLB hitter, Rosario has a place in the Mets future.

Jack

The question of what to do with Amed Rosario is complex for a handful of reasons. His trade value at the moment is pretty low given how little he’s accomplished to this point in the shortened season, and replacing him right now isn’t as easy as slotting in Andres Gimenez. Even if the defense is a night-and-day difference, pitchers are already adjusting, and it’s shown in the offensive dropoff over the last two weeks – one that culminated in the rookie sitting out the last two games in Miami.

Perhaps you replace Amed in the short-term with the hotter bat of Luis Guillorme and continue preparing Andres for a fuller role in 2021, but at what return?

Even with the pretty shapeless trade market for hitters, I can’t imagine Rosario bringing back more than either a mid-tier starter or one month of a decent starter. It may be in the Mets’ best interests to let Rosario deal with the non-COVID ailments, maybe put in more time with either Rojas or Robinson Cano, and then see if there’s a clearer path to trading him. No one has definitively knocked Amed Rosario off his post, nor has he shown the league who he really is this season. This would be a bad time to move on – in terms of both his trade value and the future of the position.

Ryan

Andres Gimenez looks like an absolute difference-maker at shortstop and should be starting at the position by Opening Day next season. While his bat has cooled down after a hot start, Gimenez continues to impress me with his approach at the plate. And defensively his impact could be that of a Rey Ordonez or Andrelton Simmons.

Meanwhile Amed Rosario has the physical tools to excel in center field. If he can play the position well, Rosario could fill the void of a right-handed center fielder the Mets have made countless foolish trades trying to fill.

Rich 

Amed Rosario is a tough case for the Mets. The Mets are deep at the shortstop position, with Andres Gimenez and Ronny Mauricio as heirs apparent. Rosario has shown flashes of what the Mets have hoped he could be-a two-way player with speed and overall athleticism. He progressed in the back half of 2019, but has regressed in 2020, evidenced by his .219 BA and .219 OBP. Yes, he has not drawn a base on balls all year (entering play on August 25th).

Trading Rosario now would be ill-advised, as his value is probably at an all-time low. Even his defense has regressed to a -2 DRS. While the trendy idea is to make him an outfielder, specifically a centerfielder, I’m not in that camp. The Mets need to solve CF, not create another experiment and potential hole in one of the most important spots on the field. I think the best approach is to work with him, play him, and try to drive his value up. Then, when he has re-established some trade value, move him in a deal for a pitcher or CF with some team control. By the time this happens, Gimenez should be even more ready to step into the shortstop role in Flushing.

Marissa 

This is a tough but necessary scenario to think about for me. I really want to believe that Amed Rosario will live up to his potential but he has continued to not make much progress this season. On the other hand, Andres Gimenez burst onto the scene and proved his worth, especially defensively at shortstop. While his bat has cooled down significantly, he has shown in such a short period of time that he is more reliable at shortstop than Rosario. Even though Rosario is still really young, not turning 25 until November 20th, his trade value is very minimal right now due to the fact he has not shown much at the plate. Given that fact, I don’t believe the Mets would trade him away. With the new DH and the Mets’ need for a right-handed hitting outfielder, the Mets can see how Rosario would fair at center field and I believe that is of the best interest for both the team and Rosario.

Michelle 

Now is not the time to get rid of Amed Rosario. Can he be turned into an outfielder? Probably. We have seen the Mets do that before (though I do agree with Rich in terms of the Mets should actually go after a real centerfielder). No one expected such an immediate emergence from Gimenez, but we are all here for it. He is still young though and learning… and yet he has shown what he can do both at the plate and at shortstop. Gimenez is only going to continue to get better by seeing more time at shortstop, which, as the question poses, is troublesome for Rosario. There is no easy answer to this right now, minus testing Rosario out at other position or trying to increase his trade value when that time comes.

Matt

The Mets find themselves in quite the quandary. They have two top shortstop prospects at the MLB-level, both of whom have showcased their skillset. While Amed Rosario has shown promise with the bat, a .543 OPS is bad. Andres Gimenez’s stick has cooled down after his start, but he still shines with the glove every night. Defense is the key to winning games; the saying is all the more true considering the Mets aren’t deploying strikeout artists every night.

Gimenez is a net positive with the glove and solely for that fact, I think the shortstop position is his to lose. For the bushy-bearded former top prospect, I think a move to the outfield is in the cards. Rosario clearly has value with his legs, which he can use to chase down fly-balls. The Mets’ best defense alignment is Conforto in right and Nimmo in left. Hopefully, Amed can fill the gap in the middle.

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According to a report from Charles Gasparino of FOX Business Network, the Mets’ epic sale process is finally nearing an end, and is in the “final inning” stage of completion.

This includes the bidding groups that are believed to still be involved in the process, namely Steve Cohen, along with a group led by Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez, and Mike Repole, along with another group headed by Josh Harris and David Blitzer.

As the bidding groups meet with the Wilpons and Mets management, Gasparino reports, they will prepare to firm up offers in the near future. But after a long-awaited process, it looks like this thing is finally going to come to a conclusion sometime soon.

While Cohen has been reported as the frontrunner for quite some time now, along with having probably the most amount support from Mets fans, it’s still a bit up in the air as to how exactly this could pan out, so stay tuned to Metsmerized for any more updates as they are revealed.

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It’s been a while without baseball. Too long. It’s frustrating. 

But, we still love the game. We miss it. A lot.

So let us reminisce on those better days. What was the last Mets game you went to? Our team shares ours, but we want to hear yours too. Share it in the comments or tweet it at us @Metsmerized.

Sal 

The last Mets game I went to was a Jacob deGrom start (one of his few non-stellar outings) going for the sweep against the Nationals during the Amazins’ great August run. The Mets would come up short, thanks in part to a 9th inning two-run homer surrendered by none other than Edwin Diaz — helping the Nats win 7-4.

Sam

The last Mets game I went to was in September. Hours before the game I wasn’t feeling well and I was panicking. I did not want to go at all which was really odd since I would go to every game if I could. I was very close to not going, but I’m so thankful I did, considering the current circumstances. I remember my mom and

I had planned to go a week before the game because the stars had aligned for the perfect pitching matchup between deGrom and Ryu. The two were contending for the Cy Young at the time so it was a pitcher’s duel the whole night. The

Mets had just taken out deGrom after seven scoreless innings, giving up only two hits (Ryu also threw seven scoreless, two hits), and it was up to the 2019 bullpen which was never promising. Mickey Callaway thankfully put in Lugo and he worked a scoreless inning.

Then, the Mets scored three runs on a Rajai Davis bases clearing double down the left field line that tricked all the way to the corner. I remember yelling, “WHY IS HE THE ONE YOU PINCH HIT RAJAI DAVIS?” Technically, it was either Lugo or Rajai and in that moment I almost wanted Lugo hitting. Either way, Davis got it done and the stadium was electric—not as electric as Conforto’s walk-off, but still exciting—I couldn’t believe it. Justin Wilson held down the fort for the ninth and the Mets won 3-0. It was an absolutely incredible game and I’m so happy I decided to go.

Lindsay 

The last game I went to was September 28, where Pete Alonso hit his 53rd home run. We all felt it in the air that night that he was going to break that record and I happened to record it too. The best part was seeing Pete come back out to first base with tears in his eyes, and the crowd cheering non-stop for him for what felt like the rest of the game. Pretty sure my dad shed a tear too, and he still talks about how it was the best baseball moment he’s ever seen (and we were also at the second-to-last game at Shea Stadium, so that says a lot)!

GUYS I SAW PETE ALONSO’S 53RD HOME RUN pic.twitter.com/QiXhqD0onS

— Lindsay Moran (@linds_moran) September 29, 2019

Jacob

The last game I went to in 2019 was J.D. Davis’ walkoff against the Cleveland Indians on August 21, right before I went back up to school for the fall. I went with two close friends, both fellow diehards, who had been talking about going to a game together for years – it just hadn’t happened until then. We paid the get-in price, sat in the last row of the upper deck behind home plate, and went crazy when Davis ripped a walkoff single into left field following a nine-pitch at-bat against Brad Hand. Certainly a great way to cap off a wild summer of watching this team.

Matt 

Rather coincidentally, the last Mets game I attended was our MMO meetup in July. Fresh off a 12-hour plane trip, I was exhausted the entire time but I genuinely had a fantastic time. It was a pleasure to meet up with everyone I’ve been interacting with online over the last couple years. From Rob and Jack heckling BVW about the Jarred Kelenic team to watching Pete Alonso smash a ball in the bullpen, every second spent with our team was one to remember. Looking forward for baseball to restart so we can schedule another one!

Jack

Last game I went to was on August 24th of last year with my little brother – a 9-5 loss to the Braves. It was the second heartbreaker in a three-game sweep, and had come about just as the Mets had really started mounting a climb out of the middle of the pack. Three things stuck out to me from that night, the first being the horrendous black and white players’ weekend “uniforms” that looked like an unfinished rendition from a video game demo.

The second memory I have was watching fans boo Edwin Diaz off the mound as he came out with a trainer. He entered in a 7-5 deficit and left after allowing a homer to Freddie Freeman, striking out Josh Donaldson, and then walking a pinch-hitter. Probably the most disgraceful display of emotion I’d ever seen in-person from my own kind, but I’d be lying if I said that was the thing I took away from the experience.

The Mets had been down 4-0 early in the game. Wheeler had been having issues with his command and his defense wasn’t helping him, but they slowly climbed back. Pete Alonso came up with two on and two out in the fifth – now down 4-2 – and hit a Max Fried fastball out of sight to put us ahead, and the place exploded. I didn’t even see the ball land onto that apple concourse in center, and watching the video back, I would’ve expected about 40 extra feet of distance. Pretty much everyone knew it was gone by the time he’d taken his first step out of the box, and we didn’t sit back down till the end of the inning. The homer was his 41st of the year and tied the record Carlos Beltran and Todd Hundley had shared for decades.

Watching a Pete Alonso no-doubt home run at Citi Field is something every Met fan should have on their bucket list. The ball flies pretty differently when you’re looking at it up-close. I was certain we were going to win the game after that tank. It was like he’d sent the entire Braves lineup into space with that swing.

Marissa

The last Mets game I went to was versus the Diamondbacks on June 2nd of last year. It was quite uneventful honestly nothing really sticks out about it. The Mets lost 7-1, Steven Matz gave up 5 runs and Wilson Ramos drove in the only run with a solo homer…. sounds pretty typical.

Michelle 

My last Mets game? September 26, 2019 in which the Mets lost to the Marlins (it’s always a bit embarrassing typing that sentence, isn’t it?). It was Zack Wheeler’s last start as a Met, and he not only dominated by keeping the Marlins scoreless, but he also broke the Mets scoreless streak in the seventh by singling to center, scoring Todd Frazier.

The Marlins tied it up in the eighth… and then Edwin Diaz gave up the game-winning home run to the Marlins in the ninth and the Mets couldn’t answer back, because of course my 2019 ended normal on that note. I did, however, also enjoy my last Nicolette chicken parm sandwich of the season and have been craving one ever since.

 

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last night was my last #mets game of 2019 and wow, what a ride it’s been! a strong second half push, a rookie making history, another cy young worthy performance from our ace, and, on a personal level, the opportunity to experience this season both as a lifelong fan and officially as media. this season is something i didn’t expect, but i could not be more grateful for (well, the playoffs would’ve been nice, but alas). thank you to everyone who has supported, who has followed along, and to @metsmerized_online for bringing me on. is it time for spring training yet?! #lgm #lfgm

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