How bad is the blood between Mets players and their fans? The ball club can’t even get some loyalty love when they win and a few of the newly employed are lashing out. Cubs transplant Javier Báez along with Francisco Lindor and Kevin Pillar, flashed thumbs down to their faithless followers in response to the bounty of boos they’ve received for the majority of the season. Afterward, Báez...
With the 2021 Mets reeling after a 1-6 road trip, low-lighted by being swept in a series by the Phillies, who passed the Mets and moved into first place, this may be a good time to think about a positive memory from the not-too-distant past. Let’s wind the clock back two years to August 9, 2019. The Mets had begun their phoenix-like rise from the ashes. They had won six in a row and 14 of...
Four years ago today, the New York Mets drafted Pete Alonso, a player who has already risen through the ranks of baseball stardom by leaps and bounds in just one year in Major League Baseball. On June 9, 2016 the first baseman formerly known as Peter Alonso was watching the MLB Amateur Draft with his family in their Tampa home. As John Franco approached the podium to announce who the Mets...
EVERYONE STAY CALM! METS BASEBALL IS FINALLY BACK! Today is the day that we’ve been counting down to since Sept. 30, 2018 at 5:20 p.m. The quest for the 162-0 season begins today! And with great pleasure, I am ecstatic to write that the New York Mets will play today against the Atlanta Braves. The expected starters will be Walker Lockett for New York and for the Braves, prospect Touki Toussaint....
Pete Alonso Position: 1B Bats/Throws: R/R Age: December 7, 1994 (24) Acquired: 2016 Second Round Draft Pick from the University of Florida Previous Ranking: 2 Stats (Binghamton/Las Vegas): .285/.395/.579, 31 2B, 3B, 36 HR, 119 RBI, 158 wRC+, .421 wOBA Let’s start with the obvious. Pete Alonso is a slugger. Both Baseball America and Fangraphs rate him as having 70 power on the 20/80...
Justin Wilson, 31, is entering his first year with the Mets after signing a two-year, $10 million deal with the club this offseason. In 71 appearances (54 2/3 innings pitched) for the Chicago Cubs last season, the left-hander registered a 3.46 ERA, 3.64 FIP, 1.427 WHIP, 69 strikeouts. The lefty will likely serve as the team’s seventh-inning reliever as well as their top lefty option with...
The New York Mets are surely looking forward to discovering the true potential of top prospect and MLB Pipeline’s 51st-ranked minor-leaguer in all of baseball, Peter Alonso this spring. But, as manager Mickey Callaway and general manager Brodie Van Wagenen both noted earlier in the week, the 24-year-old Florida native will have to prove his mettle. “[Alonso] has to earn it, just like...
Baseball America released its farm system rankings entering the 2019 season and despite trading away quite a few of their top prospects, the Mets placed 19th yet again. The Mets also ranked 19th in Baseball America’s 2018 midseason rankings. Prior to the 2018 season, the Mets were ranked 27th by BA after graduating Amed Rosario, Dominic Smith, and Robert Gsellman to the major leagues and...
Starting on April 4, 2019, I’ll be providing coverage of the Syracuse Mets. Living in Syracuse for the past 20+ years, I have rooted for the Syracuse Chiefs when they were affiliated with the Toronto Blue Jays and more recently, the Washington Nationals. Now, it’s a great time to be a Mets fan in Syracuse. I’ve always been interested in seeing players develop before getting into the major...
Earlier this morning Fangraphs dropped their top 100 prospects list, and they seem to be fond of some Mets products. The following players made their list: 48: Peter Alonso 52: Andres Gimenez 68: Ronny Mauricio 92: Mark Vientos We’ve all grown accustomed to seeing Alonso among the ranks on these lists, but it’s good to see Alonso in the top half of one of these lists. Fangraphs is...
ESPN Senior Writer Keith Law released his ranking of all 30 MLB farm systems on Monday, Feb. 4, and placed the Mets in the middle of the pack at No. 14 overall. The San Diego Padres were ranked by Law as the best system, followed by the Tampa Bay Rays at No. 2 and the Atlanta Braves at No. 3. The Philadelphia Phillies came in at No. 10, the Washington Nationals at No. 23 and the Miami Marlins at...
Good morning Mets fans! Brodie Van Wagenen was active yesterday as he added some bullpen depth in the morning by signing Luis Avilan to a minor league deal and added some infield depth in the evening by agreeing to a two-year, $20 million deal with Jed Lowrie. Latest Mets News The New York Yankees hired Chris Pang away from the Mets according to Andy Martino of SNY. Pang was one of only three...
