In 2019, Drew Smith entered Spring Training hoping to build off a promising 2018 debut to earn a spot in the Opening Day bullpen. He’d pitch in just four Spring Training games before being diagnosed with a torn UCL necessitating Tommy John surgery. With the typical Tommy John surgery being around 18 months, this mean Smith was going to be away from baseball for a long time. As we have...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Happy Friday! Thanks for starting off your weekend here with us at Metsmerized. Here’s what you need to know: Latest Mets News On Thursday, the Mets announced their 15 non-roster Spring Training invites. Jeff McNeil told Laura Albanese of Newsday that he is “feeling good,” and that he is back to his normal off-season routine after surgery in...
Good Morning Mets fans! The Mets are off today following a disastrous road trip. Latest Mets News Robert Gsellman pitched out of the bullpen on Wednesday and that role could be more recurring for him. He will not pitch this Friday as scheduled and may be skipped next time as well due to off-days in the Mets schedule according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. The righty has struggled this year....
One by one, like returning warriors, they took the mound, first Jacob deGrom, then Matt Harvey and finally on Monday afternoon the last of the surgically enhanced triumvirate Steven Matz had his chance to show off his preseason form. And what a fine form it was. Matz tossed two scoreless innings allowing three hits and striking out one. He threw 24 of 39 pitches for strikes, was living in the...
Kristie Ackert of the Daily News reports that the Mets will honor longtime beloved staffer Shannon Forde with a belt. The Mets’ director of media relations passed away last month after battling stage IV breast cancer for nearly four years. David Wright and clubhouse manager Kevin Kierst decided to specially design a Mets championship belt, like the ones given to boxing champions. They give...
Met fans might end up happy Sandy Alderson was not forced to move Binghamton shortstop Gavin Cecchini in making moves to bolster the Mets big league line-up. Cecchini is having a breakout season at the Double-A level and is sizzling in Binghamton. In his last two games, two wins for the first place B-Mets, Cecchini went 9-for-11 including two doubles, one triple and four RBI’s. The offensive...
Dillon Gee expressed some disappointment at the prospect of potentially heading to the Mets bullpen to start the season. In an interview with NJ.com beat writer Mike Vorkunov, the veteran righthander shared his thoughts. “I feel like I should be starting somewhere,” Gee said. “I think my record and stuff have proven that I could be a starter in the big leagues. So to be sent to...
Jed Lowrie has agreed to a a three-year deal with the Houston Astros, the team announced this afternoon. The deal, which is worth $23 million guaranteed according to the Houston Chronicle, runs through 2017 and includes a club option for 2018 that could boost the total value to $28 million. The Mets were hoping that Lowrie or Stephen Drew would be hanging around in January and that maybe one of...
The Oakland Athletics announced that they have claimed outfielder Andrew Brown off waivers from the New York Mets. Brown appeared in 19 games for the Mets this season and batted just .182 with a .245 OBP and .546 OPS in 44 at-bats. Brown spent the majority of the year at Triple-A Las Vegas where he batted .283 with 21 home runs and 69 RBI in 103 games. He was not expected to be an option for the...
Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, reports that Dave Magadan, who was a finalist for the Yankees’ hitting coach job, was informed he did not get the position and that the Yankees and are looking elsewhere. That makes Magadan the frontrunner for Oakland’s open hitting coach job, Slusser says, particularly with Chili Davis having accepted the Red Sox position and leaving the A’s with...
Mike Vorkunov of NJ.com pointed out that the Kansas City Royals Mike Moustakas is a former Mets bat boy. Now, he’s tearing up the 2014 postseason to the tune of .318/.348/.864/1.211 line. He’s also recorded four home runs in just six playoff games. Moustakas was a bat boy under Bobby Valentine’s Mets regime. In a New York Times piece by Billy Witz, Valentine recalled a...
On Sunday, April 12th, 2009, left fielder Daniel Murphy drifted towards the warning track inside Dolphins Stadium in Miami, FL. Johan Santana was on the mound and just a few games into the season, Murphy was about to blow a game for the New York Mets with a big error. Josh Johnson would go on to pitch a complete game shutout while Santana got a tough luck 2-1 loss. This April, that memory will...
