2023 was somewhat of a magical season for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, who increased their win total by 21 from the year prior and made it to the Eastern League Champion Series. They didn’t win it all, but it was certainly a season to be proud of. Manager Reid Brignac is back for his third season at the helm, and he has plenty of exciting players to work with in 2024. Let’s preview...
The 2024 baseball season is here, and for the Syracuse Mets, they’re hoping to improve upon last year’s 61-85 record, which marked their third losing campaign in a row. Dick Scott is returning for his second year as manager and will lead a squad with a solid mix of young players and veterans. Now, let’s preview the 2024 season for the Syracuse Mets. Starting Pitchers José Buttó...
It does not get much better than this, as Opening Day for the New York Mets is finally here. The team is set to begin its season against the Miami Marlins, a team they were 13-6 against in 2022. The Mets will be looking to find similar success against a newly-constructed Marlins team, as general manager Kim Ng looks to build a team that can compete for a playoff spot in the coming years. The...
We’ve made it, folks. It’s officially Opening Day of the 2023 season, and we are finishing our NL East preview with the home team. The New York Mets are coming off of one of their best regular seasons in franchise history and have the pieces necessary to repeat their success in 2023. They endured an active and sometimes chaotic offseason that saw them lose a franchise cornerstone in...
We have finally made it to Opening Day, and next up on our preview of the National League East is the defending National League Champions, the Philadelphia Phillies. The 2022 Phillies had a rollercoaster season. After starting the year 21-29, they fired Joe Girardi and hired Rob Thomson to be the interim manager. Under Thomson, the Phillies went 65-46, and claimed the final Wild Card in the...
Opening Day of the 2023 MLB season is less than 48 hours away. We are continuing our NL East preview here at Metsmerized with the Washington Nationals, who lost 107 games last season. The Nationals are a team that has taken a turn for the worse since their World Series title back in 2019. Nearly everyone from that team is no longer on the roster, although Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin are...
The start of the 2023 MLB Season is just days away. We are continuing our NL East preview here at Metsmerized with the Atlanta Braves, the reigning division champions. Atlanta spent most of last season trailing the New York Mets in the division, but a sensational run from June through September helped the Braves erase a 10.5-game lead to win the NL East pennant. They failed to continue that...
The National League East projects out to be one of the best divisions in baseball. With that in mind, and the fact the regular season is just a few days away, let’s take a look at each of the teams. First up, a team that projects to be in the bottom two. The Miami Marlins went into the 2022 season with high hopes of obtaining a wild-card spot. Already loaded with young pitching, the...
The newest members of baseball’s hall of fame are Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff. They will be enshrined in Cooperstown this summer. A preview of the 2024 hall of fame candidates shows a few former Mets on the ballot, as well as one former star who seems to be a lock to be elected in his first year of eligibility. Adrián Beltré Let’s start with Adrián Beltré, the former Dodger,...
Following a partial one-year hiatus brought on by the 2021 lockout, the Rule 5 Draft returns to the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings next week. There was no major league portion of the draft in 2021, but there was still a minor league draft that saw 51 players get chosen including the Mets taking right-hander pitchers Alex Valverde and Carlos Ocampo and the Mets losing right-hander pitchers...
The San Diego Padres beat the New York Mets four out of six times during the regular season in 2022 but that means nothing going into their best-of-three Wild Card Series on Friday at Citi Field. The Mets have a welcome boost to the Wild Card roster with outfielder Starling Marte able to give it a go despite his finger injury. Mets‘ top prospect, Francisco Álvarez, is also on the roster. Both...
Mets fans, an all-new episode is here! This week Mike and I recap the weekend sweep in Atlanta and losing the division, preview this weekend’s Wildcard series against the San Diego Padres, we discuss the Mets chances of making a deep postseason run without Starling Marte, Jeff McNeil wins his first batting title, and more! With rumors floating that the Mets are planning to start Chris...
