Sandy Alderson is no longer the Mets team president, says owner Steve Cohen. Alderson is now with the team as an advisor with Cohen becoming more and more involved in day-to-day operations. That includes Cohen spending every Thursday in Mets meetings and not as his hedge fund. Alderson has been with the Mets since 2011. Originally hired to replace Omar Minaya as the general manager, Alderson has...
Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week Mike and I are joined by friend of the show Jacob Resnick to preview the World Baseball Classic, Justin Verlander and Kodai Senga’s first day at Mets camp, Jacob tells us his prospects to keep an eye on this spring, Carlos Beltran is joining the front office, and much more! Was it surprising to hear Justin Verlander speak about how being the...
While the Mets wait for The Big One (the Carlos Correa signing), the team announced Tuesday they officially re-signed reliever Adam Ottavino. The Mets says they signed him to a one-year deal with a 2024 player option. Reports last week said Ottavino agreed to a two-year deal worth $14.5 million with an opt-out after his first season. If he pitches as well as he did last season–a 2.06 ERA...
The New York Mets officially announced on Saturday that they have signed outfielder Brandon Nimmo to an eight-year, $162 million contract. The deal runs through the 2030 season and will likely see the 29-year-old finish his career in Queens. Nimmo was the second best free agent outfielder available behind Aaron Judge this offseason and attracted interest from a plethora of teams, including the...
The MLBPA released the decisions made by the 14 players that were tendered qualifying offers prior to the 2023 season. As expected, Chris Bassitt, Jacob deGrom, and Brandon Nimmo all rejected the offer. The qualifying offer is a one-year deal that is set at a determined price every year based on the average of the top 125 salaries in MLB. The QO in 2023 was set at $19.65 million. If a player...
The New York Mets officially re-signed Edwin Díaz to a five-year, $102 million contract. The extension has an opt-out after the third year, a full no-trade clause, and a sixth-year team option. If Díaz returns for his sixth year, the deal would total six years and $122 million. Not only did Díaz receive the highest contract in MLB history given out to a reliever, but he also received the highest...
Mets pitchers Jacob deGrom and Taijuan Walker have officially opted out of their contracts for the 2023 season. The MLBPA released a list of nine new free agents on Monday, including deGrom, Walker, Boston’s Xander Bogaerts, and Minnesota’s Carlos Correa. DeGrom was scheduled to make $30.5 million if he accepted his option for the 2023 season. Walker had a $6 million option. This...
With the end of the World Series, the off-season quickly commences. As soon as the final out was made Saturday night, 131 players around the MLB became free agents. This included a list of nine New York Mets. This list is of course headlined by Edwin Díaz and Brandon Nimmo. Díaz, who has established himself as arguably the best closer in all of baseball, is likely to receive the largest deal...
It’s something I had always wanted to see out of this bullpen, and finally it looks like it’s going to happen. Jerry Manuel has decided to give assigned roles to everyone in his bullpen. According to the new skip, here’s the official low-down…Setup Reliever – Duaner Sanchez assumes control of the most prominent role in the bullpen after the closer, Billy...
