It does not get much better than this, as Opening Day for the New York Mets is finally here. The team is set to begin its season against the Miami Marlins, a team they were 13-6 against in 2022. The Mets will be looking to find similar success against a newly-constructed Marlins team, as general manager Kim Ng looks to build a team that can compete for a playoff spot in the coming years. The...
We’ve made it, folks. It’s officially Opening Day of the 2023 season, and we are finishing our NL East preview with the home team. The New York Mets are coming off of one of their best regular seasons in franchise history and have the pieces necessary to repeat their success in 2023. They endured an active and sometimes chaotic offseason that saw them lose a franchise cornerstone in...
The 2023 season is almost here. Can you believe it?! You know what time it is — prediction time! What record will the Mets end with? Will they make it to the postseason? Take the division? Here’s what we think. John Sheridan Mets Record: 89-73 NL East: Braves NL Central: Cardinals NL West: Padres NL WC: Mets, Phillies, Giants AL East: Blue Jays AL Central: Twins AL West: Astros AL WC:...
Will the New York Mets win the World Series in 2023? Nah, I’m not going that bold, sorry. But it’s time for some bold Mets predictions. It’s kind of hard to be bold without making some outrageously overconfident or hyperbolic statements, but I’m going to try. Here are my five bold predictions for the Mets’ 2023 season. 5. Mets will go further in the playoffs than...
Opening Day of the 2023 MLB season is less than 48 hours away. We are continuing our NL East preview here at Metsmerized with the Washington Nationals, who lost 107 games last season. The Nationals are a team that has taken a turn for the worse since their World Series title back in 2019. Nearly everyone from that team is no longer on the roster, although Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin are...
The 2023 MLB season starts in just about 48 hours. We’ll have a handful of prediction posts over the next couple of days, and we’ll start with the MVP, Cy Young and Rookies of the Year awards. Nate Mendelson NL MVP: Trea Turner AL MVP: José Ramírez NL Cy Young: Spencer Strider AL Cy Young: Jacob deGrom NL Rookie of the Year: Jordan Walker AL Rookie of the Year: Masataka Yoshida James...
The Mets have largely already made the big roster decisions ahead of 2023 Opening Day. Brett Baty will start the year in Triple-A, as will Mark Vientos, and Darin Ruf was designated for assignment. The last couple weeks, I did roster projections for the first day of the season, but doing another one of those feels pretty cheap. The Mets will head into the season with Luis Guillorme, Tommy Pham,...
The start of the 2023 MLB Season is just days away. We are continuing our NL East preview here at Metsmerized with the Atlanta Braves, the reigning division champions. Atlanta spent most of last season trailing the New York Mets in the division, but a sensational run from June through September helped the Braves erase a 10.5-game lead to win the NL East pennant. They failed to continue that...
Entering training camp, David Peterson and Tylor Megill were suppose to by vying for the sixth rotation spot. However, due to the injury suffered by José Quintana, the battle between Peterson and Megill quickly became for the fifth and final rotation spot. With the regular season just five day away, it is clear who should get that spot. The no-brainer choice is David Peterson. The 27-year-old...
So much for an uphill battle to make the New York Mets’ Opening Day roster. If there is any justice in baseball, Brett Baty will be the Opening Day third baseman for the Mets in Miami. Forget sunk costs. Forget rationalizations. Steve Cohen said it himself: the Mets needed one more piece. Baty has shown that there’s a chance he can be that piece. What more is there to ask? Hard...
We’ve been keeping you up to date on the World Baseball Classic as it happened. Earlier this month, we even shared some of the greatest Mets WBC moments. Now that the tournament’s over, we want to share our favorite moment from this WBC (and we’re not sharing our least favorite moment – because no one wants to relive that). Matt Mancuso It’s difficult to pick just...
I stepped in for Sal to host the latest MMO Weekly with executive editor Mike Mayer. In this episode, Mike and I talked about: The World Baseball Classic and how great it is for baseball The flip side, where Edwin Díaz’s injury will affect the Mets and how the bullpen may operate this season Brett Baty vs. Eduardo Escobar on Opening Day (and throughout the season) Does Darin Ruf have a...
