Each offseason, teams around the league need to make tough decisions in regards to which Rule 5 draft eligible players will be added to the 40-man roster to ensure they are not taken by another team. This is a lighter group than normal for first year Rule-5 eligibility because the group corresponds to the abbreviated 2020 MLB Draft class. There are, of course, more players in the minor league...
Good morning, Mets fans! The season continues to wind down as September rolls on. The New York Mets have dropped two in a row to Philadelphia Phillies this weekend. They will look to avoid a sweep in the series finale Sunday evening at 6:05 p.m. ET (rescheduled from 1:05 p.m. ET late Saturday night). José Butto will get the ball for the Mets on Sunday afternoon. Latest Mets News Per Tim Britton...
Good morning, Mets fans! With their 96th win on Wednesday night, the Atlanta Braves clinched their sixth consecutive National League East title. Atlanta needed every game they could get last season to beat out the Mets down the stretch, but with their 4-1 over the Phillies last night they put the division to bed with 16 games left. The 2023 Braves have become the second quickest to do so as they...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday night, former Mets pitchers and twice teammates faced off deep in the heart of Texas, as Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros and Max Scherzer of the Texas Rangers went head-to-head. Verlander had a big bounceback start as he went seven stellar innings, just giving up two runs (one earned) and holding the vaunted Rangers lineup to only four hits. Scherzer,...
The New York Mets’ 19th-ranked prospect, per MLB Pipline, is Junior Santos. The 21-year-old starting pitcher is entering a crucial year in his first crack at the upper minors (with Double-A Binghamton). He was “Rule-5” eligible for the first time last winter, so he should have the goals of being added to the 40-man roster this winter and/or even making it up to the big leagues at some point. If...
Max Scherzer took to the mound against the Rays on Friday knowing that he would be the Opening Day starter for the New York Mets. He paid back the faith shown in him by absolutely dominating on the mound in his final spring training tune-up. It was reported on Friday by Mike Puma of the New York Post that Scherzer would get the start on Opening Day against the Miami Marlins, with the Mets later...
I have been wrapping my head around these rankings for days. For I am Sisyphus and the Fangraphs projections page is my boulder that tumbles down the mountain once I near my answer. This persistent struggle against the absurdity that is the National League East number one starter debate will ultimately lead to an answer that can be argued for and against a million different ways. Before we even...
Good morning, Mets fans! Sandy Alcantara won the NL Cy Young award and Justin Verlander won the AL Cy Young award. Both won the award unanimously, as all 30 BBWAA first-place votes were for the winners of each league. Verlander is the eleventh pitcher in MLB history to earn three or more Cy Young awards. This season, he posted an 18-4 record with an MLB-leading ERA of 1.75 and an MLB leading...
Edwin Diaz finished ninth in the National League Cy Young Award voting, the highest finish of any relief pitcher this season. Diaz, who compiled 32 saves with a 1.31 ERA, 297 ERA+ and a staggering 50.2 strikeout percentage in 2022, received one second-place vote (from MLB.com Cardinals beat writer John Denton) and two fifth-place votes. No other Mets pitchers received a vote. The Marlins Sandy...
Good morning, Mets fans. With the loss Saturday night, New York is on the brink of losing its chances at an NL East crown. Max Scherzer was shaky and the offense was only able to push across two runs, resulting in the team’s second straight loss to the Braves. They now trail Atlanta by a single game. The Mets and Braves will wrap up their season series with an upmost important final game...
It was Friday night baseball in Miami as the Mets (62-37) took on the Marlins (47-53). The Mets had a Marte Partay to start the night, as Starling Marte came up huge for the offense in the early innings. Brandon Nimmo put the finishing touches on the night, blasting a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth leading the Mets to a 6-4 victory. The game got off to a hot start, with the Marlins scoring...
Friday, July 29, 2022 • 6:40 P.M. loanDepot park • Miami, FL RHP Chris Bassitt (7-7, 3.72) vs. RHP Sandy Alcantara (9-4, 1.81) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 The Mets start off their weekend series with the Marlins with a face-off against one of the best pitchers this season – Sandy Alcantara. The Mets are coming into Miami on a three-game win streak and a two-game sweep of the Yankees, including...
