Good morning, Mets fans! Not much is going right in Mets world right now, but one source of excitement is the debut of Nolan McLean on Saturday. One of the Mets’ most highly touted pitching prospects in recent memory, McLean will see his first major league action and will wear jersey No. 26 in the Mets’ second game against the Mariners. In a corresponding move Friday night, the Mets...
Good morning, Mets fans! Carlos Mendoza announced the Mets’ pitching schedule for the first two games of the NLDS on Friday. Mendoza surprisingly announced, rather than Tylor Megill or David Peterson, that Kodai Senga would get the ball for Game 1, making just his second start all year. Mendoza then announced that Luis Severino will pitch Game 2 on the road on regular rest. Latest Mets...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday, the Boston Red Sox signed starter Lucas Giolito to a two-year, $38.5 million contract that includes an opt-out after the 2024 season. Giolito, who had a 4.88 ERA across three teams in 2023, is a reclamation project for the Red Sox but has proven to be durable in his career, a desirable attribute even if the product on the mound in 2023 didn’t live up to...
Good morning, Mets fans! Max Scherzer threw a 30-pitch bullpen session on Friday and it went well enough that he is now expected to start for the Mets on Sunday against the Nationals. Scherzer has been dealing with neck spasms and they have evidently calmed down enough. With that, the probable starters for the Mets’ next few games are Joey Lucchesi later today, Scherzer tomorrow, then...
MLB Network continued their series of Top Ten Right Now on Wednesday night by ranking the top ten best-starting pitchers in MLB. On the list were Mets of the past and present, filling four total spots. Jacob deGrom was ranked ninth on the list despite starting 26 games in the last two seasons and posting a 3.08 ERA in 2022. Zack Wheeler was ranked after deGrom as the eighth-best starting pitcher...
The name of the game for the Mets this offseason is pitching. New York lost three members of its rotation to free agency and now face the task of re-stocking it with frontline talent, which will likely be done through free agency. There are a number of intriguing options, some familiar and some not, that have become targets for the Mets and could theoretically fill that top-of-the-line role for...
