Next year’s free agent class of starting pitchers was set to be strong with Corbin Burnes, Zack Wheeler, Max Fried, Walker Buehler, and Shane Bieber. Dylan Cease could also be available in a trade. For the New York Mets, after essentially skipping out on this year’s market (barring Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery’s prices going down), they relied on this market to help out...
Shane Bieber Position: RHP, B/T: R/R Age: 28 (5/31/1995) 2023 Traditional Stats: 21 G, 6-6, 3.80 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 128 IP, 107 K 2023 Advanced Stats: 2.1 fWAR, 3.87 FIP, 4.77 xERA, 20.1 K%, 6.4 BB% Rundown Shane Bieber is a fairly well-accomplished pitcher. He has a Cy Young, multiple All-Star appearances, an All-Star MVP, and a gold glove to boot. Not too shabby for a fourth-round pick and a...
Good morning, Mets fans! Playing in their fourth doubleheader in three weeks, the Mets finished off a three-game sweep of the Guardians by taking both games on Sunday. In the first game, Max Scherzer tossed six shutout innings, and after the bullpen squandered a 3-0 lead, Starling Marte hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning off a Trevor Stephan to give the Mets a 5-4 victory. Marte’s...
The New York Mets (25-23) looked to follow up their thrilling game one victory in the nightcap of the split-admission doubleheader at Citi Field on Sunday night with a three-game series and doubleheader sweep. The Mets emerged over the Cleveland Guardians and got exactly that behind stellar pitching in a 2-1 win. Justin Verlander was terrific and turned in the team’s best pitching effort...
Sunday, May 21, 2023 • 7:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, New York RHP Shane Bieber (3-2, 3.20) vs. RHP Justin Verlander (1-2, 4.76) SNY The New York Mets look to win their fifth game in a row and sweep a series with the Cleveland Guardians tonight. Earlier this afternoon, the Mets recorded their fourth win in a row on the back of Max Scherzer’s excellent start and a go-ahead two-run home run from...
When the New York Mets complete their game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 3, the Mets will have played exactly one-third of their 162-game schedule. We know that the team from Flushing is off to a rollicking start, despite injuries to starters Max Scherzer, Jacob deGrom, and Tylor Megill. In an article in The Athletic, Jayson Stark points out some of the key trends in baseball this...
Good Morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday, Major League Baseball announced the 2020 Cy Young Award winners with Trevor Bauer taking home the hardware in the National League, and Shane Bieber earning the honor in the American League. Unfortunately, there would be no three-peat for Mets’ ace Jacob deGrom, who finished in third place behind Cubs’ right-hander Yu Darvish. Now,...
