Josh Hader Position: RP Age: 29 (4/7/1994) 2023 Traditional Stats: 61 G, 56 1/3 IP, 2-3, 1.28 ERA, 33 SV, 1.101 WHIP, 85 SO, 30 BB 2023 Advanced Stats: 321 ERA+, 36.8 SO%, 13.0 BB%, 2.36 xERA, 2.69 FIP, 3.52 xFIP, 1.7 fWAR, 2.4 bWAR Rundown Outside of an inexplicably tumultuous 2022 season, Josh Hader has been one of the most dominant relievers in baseball since he made his debut in 2017. That...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets defeated the Padres 7-5 in ten innings on Friday night for the team’s sixth consecutive win, the longest winning streak of the season. Justin Verlander notched a quality start despite a shaky beginning to the game, while Francisco Álvarez recorded his first career four-hit game as he remains hot at the plate. The win puts the Mets at 42-46, just four games...
The Mets entered Friday night’s series opener against the Padres riding a season-high five game win streak. The Padres themselves entered the game with three wins in a row, having swept the Angels. Both teams were provided a golden opportunity to build on their momentum with the All-Star break looming, and it was the Mets who capitalized and won the game in 10 innings, 7-5. Neither Justin...
No matter how many baseball games you watch, each holds the chance of witnessing something you’ve never seen before. A player’s first career homer. A pitcher hitting a homer. Both are rare — the latter now extremely rare. Countless pitchers have a home run on their résumé. But there’s one that stands alone. Bartolo Colón was a terrible hitting pitcher even by hitting pitcher...
Jurickson Profar Position: OF Bats/Throws: S/R Age: 29 (2/20/1993) 2022 Traditional Stats: 152 G, 658 PA, .243/.331/.391/.723, 15 HR, 36 2B, 58 RBI, 140 H 2022 Advanced Stats: 111 OPS+, 110 wRC+, 3.1 bWAR, 2.5 fWAR, 11.1 BB%, 15.7 K%, .272 BABIP, .315 xwOBA, 2 DRS, -5 OAA Rundown Jurickson Profar had arguably the best season of his career in 2022. In his third season in San Diego, he was able to...
Good morning Mets fans! On Friday, The Texas Rangers announced they have hired Bruce Bochy to a three-year contract to be the team’s manager. Bochy previously managed the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants, winning three World Series championships with the latter. Additionally, The Toronto Blue Jays announced they have agreed to terms on a three-year contract with interim...
Good morning, Mets fans! Three Division Series games took place on Friday, with the underdog coming away victorious in all three. It started with the Cleveland Guardians defeating the New York Yankees. With the game headed to extra innings, Jameson Taillon came on for a rare relief appearance and surrendered two runs in the top of the 10th without recording an out. Emmanuel Clase earned the save...
What were you doing when you were 21? With all due respect, it probably wasn’t as exciting as the show Fernando Tatis Jr. is putting on nightly in San Diego. In just his second major league season, the dynamic shortstop, barely old enough to sip an adult beverage to celebrate his success, is the clear-cut headliner of baseball’s youth movement. Tatis has picked up in 2020 where he...
On the first episode of Amazin’ Moments, Anthony DiComo, MLB.com Mets beat reporter joins Eric and Craig to talk about Bartolo Colon, and that famous night in San Diego back in 2016. With Bartolo Colon’s fanfare and skillful pitching well into his 40’s as a member of the Mets, DiComo had a front row seat to what turned into the “Big Sexy” persona. He shares his...
“It’s out of here! Bartolo has done it! The impossible has happened! […] This is one of the great moments in the history of baseball!” It may seem like it was a thousand years ago at this point, but it was in fact four years ago today that Bartolo Colon hit his first (and last, probably) home run at the ripe age of 42. Colon made a name for himself during his three years...
More often than not, if a baseball purist wants to know the answer to a question that starts, “Who is the oldest player in baseball to…”, a good place to start is Julio Franco. His 23 year major league career was punctuated on April 20, 2006 at Petco Park in San Diego when he became the oldest player in MLB history to hit a home run in a major league game. He was 47 years, 240...
In the latest episode of Simply Amazin’, Tim Ryder is joined by MetsMerized’s executive editor, Mike Mayer. Fresh off a trip to the Winter Meetings in sunny San Diego, Mike gives us his take on this year’s winners — the players, obviously — the Mets’ starting depth additions in Michael Wacha and Rick Porcello, and where Brodie Van Wagenen goes from...
