Good morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday, the New York Mets held a live Zoom call with Mets legends Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden as they announced the dates of their jersey number retirements. Doc’s number will be retired on Sunday, April 14, and Darryl’s number will be raised later in the season on Saturday, June 1. But aside from setting the date for the festivities, the...
According to Michael Mayer of MMO, the New York Mets are adding three pitchers to their 60-player pool. Right-handed pitchers Jordan Humphreys and Matt Blackham and left-handed pitcher Stephen Gonsalves have been added and bring the Mets player pool to 54 players. Humphreys, who missed most of the 2018 and 2019 season on the injured list. He had a 4.50 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, two strikeouts, one walk,...
In early November, the New York Mets claimed left-handed pitcher Stephen Gonsalves off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. The 25-year-old San Diego native brings much-needed depth to a Mets team that saw several of its high-end pitching talent traded away over the course of a year, including Justin Dunn, Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods-Richardson. It wasn’t long ago that Gonsalves was a Top...
The New York Mets made a handful of roster moves on Monday afternoon, as per a team announcement. In addition to officially extending a $17.8 million qualifying offer to right-hander Zack Wheeler, the Mets also added left-hander Blake Taylor to the 40-man roster ahead of the 5 PM ET deadline to either do so or let the player leave via free agency, and claimed left-hander Stephen Gonsalves off...
