Good Morning, Mets fans! Today, Jacob deGrom(2-0, 2.45 ERA) looks to keep the Mets rolling against the Marlins. If he wins tonight, it’ll be the only sixth time in his career he’ll receive a win in three consecutive starts. He’ll face off against Pablo Lopez (2-1, 2.25 ERA). Yesterday, the Mets’ offense brushed away their summer doldrums, exploding for eight runs. Amed...
Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports that San Francisco Giants star Buster Posey has decided to opt out of the 2020 season. Posey and his wife are adopting recently born identical twin girls. The twins were born prematurely, they are currently in the NICU and will be there for some time. Posey joins 10 other big leaguers that have opted out of the 2020 season due to Covid-19 concerns; catcher...
The 2020 MLB regular season is around the corner and the New York Mets will not have an easy transition into the shortened season, at least on paper. The Mets have the toughest schedule from the start the season through August 6 based their opponents’ 2019 successes. The Amazins’ first 13 games will be against the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals, three teams...
Before first pitch in Friday night’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jeff McNeil will be presented with the 2019 Mets Heart and Hustle Award from the MLB Players Alumni Association. This award is presented to the player who shows an overall passion for both the game of baseball and for the player that best embodies the values, spirit, and tradition of the game both on and off of the...
Asdrubal Cabrera Signs with the Texas Rangers The Texas Rangers and free agent infielder, Asdrubal Cabrera agreed to a one-year deal worth $3.5 million yesterday, pending a physical per Jeff Passan of ESPN, who also credited Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic as the first to report the news. The former Met had been with the club since the 2016 season until he was dealt to the Philadelphia Phillies at...
As good of a fit as A.J. Pollock might be position and talent wise, the Mets don’t need to overpay for another injury prone player. Despite posting an impressive 2.5 WAR .257/.316/.484 with 21 home runs and 65 RBI a season ago, the 31-year-old center fielder hasn’t played more than 113 games since 2015. He has also only appeared in 150+ games one time in his career. While there’s no...
While there have been rumors swirling around that the Mets are done adding significant pieces to their outfield following the acquisition of center fielder Keon Broxton,they cannot go into the 2019 season with what they currently have on the outfield depth chart. Broxton, the 28-year-old (soon to be 29 in May) defensive specialist, brings speed and defense to the table, but an inconsistent...
The Mets need for an outfielder has been well publicized this offseason and if the team plans to not pursue the likes of Bryce Harper and A.J. Pollock, their options will be quite limited. Since they are very likely going to avoid both of them, there is an option that has not been discussed a lot. That guy is Nick Markakis. The 35-year-old is coming off an All-Star season with the Atlanta Braves...
The Atlanta Braves clinched the National League East title on Saturday against the Phillies. Atlanta, 87-68, has surprised many with their success with many believing their success has arrived a year or two early. They started strongly to begin the year, and never faded. They were in a race with the Phillies until a few weeks back when Philadelphia hit a rut. The Braves’ lineup is loaded...
The New York Mets (25-25) suffered another defeat at the hands of their bullpen as the Atlanta Braves (31-21) won the first game of the double header by the score of 4-3. The Mets are a mere 5-6 in games Jacob deGrom has started this season despite his NL-best 1.52 ERA. The defeat was the fourth in a row for a team who started off 11-1 and is now at .500 (25-25). The Mets are now five games...
R.A. Dickey out-dueled Matt Harvey again, adding another former teammate besides Daniel Murphy who’s making a mockery of the Mets. The 42 year-old knuckleballer gave up three runs on four hits with a flurry of floaters that were far more effective than Harvey’s fastballs. Sunday night was really bad déjà vu for Harvey, who surrendered eight hits in 5 1/3 innings, allowing six runs against the...
To help his teammates shake off a lousy loss, Michael Conforto boosted morale and his batting average with a first inning leadoff homer to center off Julio Teheran. Ender Inciarte reciprocated in the bottom of the inning with his own leadoff shot, and with the score tied at one, Teheran returned to the mound and retired the next nine batters. But in the top of the fourth, Teheran’s pitching...
