Good morning, Mets fans! The White Sox are close to a minor league deal with outfielder Tommy Pham. The 36-year-old split time between the Mets and Diamondbacks in 2023, batting a solid .256/.328/.446 (111 OPS+) 16 homers, 27 doubles, and 22 steals over 481 plate appearances. Pham also went 8-for-19 with a homer and three doubles in the World Series. After Dwight Gooden’s jersey retirement...
Today is Tommy Pham’s 36th birthday, which begs the question: Should the Mets consider bringing him back for a second rodeo in New York? Pham signed a one-year, $6 million deal with the Mets ahead of the 2023 season. After a slow start to his tenure with the club in which he hit .196/.283/.348 through March and April, Pham began heating up as the summer months rolled around. He slashed...
Major League Baseball has officially set their 2024 trade deadline date to Tuesday, July 30 at 6 p.m. ET, per Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Due to the new collective bargaining agreement, the Commissioner’s Office has the power to set the deadline to any date between July 28 and August 3. The league liked having the deadline on a Tuesday, as the 2023 deadline was on Tuesday, August 1,...
Good morning, Mets fans! In his free agency update on Wednesday, Jeff Passan of ESPN wrote that Japanese left-hander Shōta Imanaga could receive a contract of at least $100 million. The deadline for teams to negotiate with the Imanaga is on Jan. 11. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com predicts that Imanaga will ultimately sign with the New York Mets. Latest Mets News The Mets announced that on Tuesday,...
Tommy Pham Position: OF/DH, B/T: R/R Age: 35 (03/08/1988) 2023 Traditional Stats: 129 G, 481 PA, .256/.328/.446/.774, 16 HR, 68 RBI, 27 2B, 47 BB, 22 SB 2023 Advanced Stats: 110 wRC+, 22% SO%, 9.8% BB%, .300 BABIP, .332 xwOBA, 1.8 fWAR, 1.5 bWAR RUNDOWN The St. Louis Cardinals selected Tommy Pham in the 16th round of the 2006 MLB Draft and spent the past eight seasons playing for the Cardinals,...
It’s no secret that the New York Mets desperately need to make a move for an outfielder. Contrary to some pundits and many fans, president of baseball operations, David Stearns, has filled some of the team’s many holes. One area still gaping; an additional outfielder to complement a current shallow and risky grouping of Brandon Nimmo, Starling Marte, and DJ Stewart. There is no...
The New York Mets were quite active during this past trade deadline, but not in the way that most fans envisioned them being entering the 2023 season. Here is a look at how all of the prospects the Mets acquired a few months ago ended up faring in their new organization. SS Luisangel Acuña Acuña arrived in the trade that sent Max Scherzer to the eventual World Series champion Texas Rangers. He...
Everybody loves a redemption story. It’s a tale as old as time. But how often do former players return to clubs they once played on? Some players left on good terms, and other players not so much. In other situations, players were either experiencing a career rejuvenation or just getting off to a slow start. MMO challenged two writers to decide which players they would want to make a...
The New York Mets had very few constants in the 2023 season – and one of them was that center field would be manned by the same player almost day in and day out. For the 2024 season, the Mets will hopefully be in the same position and possibly just be looking for some depth to back him up. Big League Starter Brandon Nimmo had an outstanding 2023 campaign. He played in 152 games, which is a...
TEXAS RANGERS @ ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS CHASE FIELD | PHOENIX, ARIZONA | 8:03 P.M. FOX – ESPN RADIO RHP Max Scherzer (0-1, 9.45 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Pfaadt (0-0, 2.70 ERA) The Diamondbacks host the Rangers at Chase Field on Monday for Game 3 of the World Series. It’s the first World Series game hosted at Chase Field since Nov. 4, 2001, where the D-Backs defeated the Yankees in Game 7 to...
With the first World Series game between the Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks set to get underway, let’s take a look at the former Mets who will be playing for either team Arizona Diamondbacks Miguel Castro Miguel Castro found his way to the Mets via an August 31, 2020, trade. Castro would go on to pitch the 2020 and 2021 seasons for the Mets, notching a 3.52 ERA with 91...
Former New York Mets outfielder Tommy Pham begins playing in his first career World Series on Friday with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but he’s still happy to talk about the team he started the 2023 season with. “That team (the Mets) is more talented than this team (the D-Backs squad getting ready to play in the World Series),” Pham said Thursday at media day. “Let’s be honest here. But...
