Coming off of a seven-game road trip, the Mets traveled back home to take on the Angels for the first of a three-game series on Friday night. Fittingly, it was Japanese Heritage Night at the ballpark with not only Kodai Senga on the mound, but with Shohei Ohtani making his first visit to Queens. In a game with very little offense, it was Ohtani’s team that came out on top 3-1, sending the...
Good morning, Mets fans. Francisco Lindor was scratched from last night’s game against the Braves due to right side soreness. Buck Showalter explained after the game that Lindor felt the soreness during batting practice, and he is set to have medical imaging done today to determine its severity. Lindor remarkably played in every game this year before missing yesterday’s game, a year...
Shohei Ohtani will be baseball’s biggest white whale next offseason. He should still be a very obtainable target for the New York Mets, despite their incredible spending spree this winter. As crazy as this offseason was in terms of the money spent on some of the biggest names in the game, next winter should reach another insane level mainly because one of the most dynamic superstars in...
At the start of what is sure to be an offseason full of rumors surrounding one of the best players in baseball, Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian tried to shut some of those rumors down before they even start. Minasian at the start of the GM Meetings said the team won’t trade star pitcher/designated hitter Shohei Ohtani this offseason, according to Sam Blum of The Athletic....
Shohei Ohtani Position: Starting Pitcher and Designated Hitter Bats/Throws: L/R Age: 28 (July 5, 1994) 2022 Batting Traditional: 666 PA, .273/.356/.519/.875, 160 H, 34 HR, 95 RBI, 72 BB, 161 K Advanced: 142 wRC+, 24.2 K%, 10.8 BB%, .320 BABIP, .385 xwOBA, 3.8 fWAR, 3.4 bWAR 2022 Pitching Traditional: 28 GS, 166.0 IP, 2.33 ERA, 1.012 WHIP, 15-9 W/L, 219 K, 44 BB Advanced: 172 ERA+, 33.2 K%, 6.7...
Good morning, Mets fans! Shohei Ohtani spoke with the media from Japan on Tuesday. He talked with Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register about his disappointment in the 2022 Los Angeles Angels’ season. “I have to say that August and September in particular felt longer to me than last year,” Ohtani said. “We were not able to play as many good games as we would like – including 14 consecutive...
