The 2023 MLB season starts in just about 48 hours. We’ll have a handful of prediction posts over the next couple of days, and we’ll start with the MVP, Cy Young and Rookies of the Year awards. Nate Mendelson NL MVP: Trea Turner AL MVP: José Ramírez NL Cy Young: Spencer Strider AL Cy Young: Jacob deGrom NL Rookie of the Year: Jordan Walker AL Rookie of the Year: Masataka Yoshida James...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Thursday, it was announced that Mets prospect Ronny Mauricio won MVP of the Dominican Professional Baseball league, receiving 61 of 69 votes for the award. As a result, Mauricio will receive a brand new Chevy Colorado MVP Edition truck. The 21-year-old had five home runs, 31 RBIs and an .803 OPS in 47 games. He is currently the Mets’ sixth-ranked prospect and...
What a winter for Mets prospect Ronny Mauricio. The 21 year old was named the Most Valuable Player in the Dominican Winter League. Mauricio led the league in RBIs (31) and doubles (15). He was second in home runs (5), stolen bases (11), and OPS (.803). Mauricio played his traditional shortstop and receiver time at third base and second for Tigers de Licey. Mauricio has fallen down prospect...
The 2022 Mets’ season wasn’t what many had hoped or expected it to be. Though, there were a ton of positives to the season. Namely, so many different individuals made meaningful contributions to the second-most successful regular season in franchise history. So, out of all those individuals, which Met is most deserving of team MVP? John Sheridan The Mets‘ MVP was definitively Jeff McNeil....
Mets ace Jacob deGrom will make a rehab start for the Low-A St. Lucie Mets Sunday, Buck Showalter said Saturday. The dominant right-hander hasn’t pitched this year due to a stress reaction in his right shoulder. He’s been slowly ramping things up recently, and now he’s finally to the point where he will make a rehab start. The news comes shortly after Max Scherzer finished his...
Shohei Ohtani and Bryce Harper were named American League and National League Most Valuable Players Thursday night. Ohtani had a historic 2021 season where he mashed 46 homers, knocked in 100 runs, and had a .965 OPS on top of throwing a 3.18 ERA in 130 1/3 innings. The Japanese star finished with 8.1 fWAR — 5.1 from pitching and 3.0 from hitting. Just unreal. He took home all 30...
Major League Baseball announced the finalists for MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, and Manager of the Year on Monday night. The winners will be declared across four nights starting Nov. 15 with the rookie of the year announcement and ending Nov. 18 with the MVP awards. Here are this season’s finalists: Rookie of the Year AL: Randy Arozarena (TB), Wander Franco (TB), Luis Garcia (HOU) NL:...
Shortened season or not, Major League Baseball has some end-of-year awards to hand out. Monday night on MLB Network, the Baseball Writers Association of America announced their finalists for Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy Young Award, and Most Valuable Player award ahead of next week’s voting announcements. Cy Young Award It’s going to be an uphill climb,...
The Mets continued to mine the undrafted free agent market on Monday, coming to an agreement with outfielder Joe Suozzi from Boston College. The 22-year-old has connections to the Mets in more ways than one. OFFICIAL. Long Island’s own is staying home. Joe Suozzi signs free agent contract with the New York Mets. Details✍📝➡️ https://t.co/6zCnQx3gwK...
It was 22 years ago today that the New York Mets acquired catcher Mike Piazza from the Florida Marlins. The trade would change the trajectory of the franchise in more ways than one. One of the most feared sluggers in the game at the time, and a perennial MVP candidate, this would go down as one of the most lopsided deals the Mets ever made and this time it was in their favor. In return for the...
Sometimes the grass isn’t greener. New York Mets star Darryl Strawberry wishes he never signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers after spending the first eight years of his career with the New York Mets. Telling SNY in an interview on Tuesday… “It was heartbreaking leaving the Mets. That was the biggest mistake I really ever made in my career was leaving New York to...
On this date in 1987, the Mets traded for a young right-handed pitcher from the Royals, David Cone. Cone, 24 at the time of the trade, struggled in his first taste of the major leagues with the Royals in 1986. The former third round pick posted a 5.56 ERA and 1.85 WHIP in 22 2/3 innings. The Mets sent catcher Ed Hearn, pitcher Rick Anderson, and pitching prospect Mauro Gozzo to Kansas City for...
