Max Scherzer took the bump for his second start of the spring on Friday afternoon against the Nationals. Former Met Trevor Williams started the game for Washington in his first action against the Mets since leaving in free agency this past offseason. Scherzer and Williams both avoided trouble through the first two innings. Scherzer retired all six batters in order while the ball never left the...
Who would have thought the most impactful free agent loss of the offseason was Trevor Williams? The Mets replaced Jacob deGrom with Justin Verlander, Chris Bassitt with Kodai Senga, and Taijuan Walker with Jose Quintana. The one move they didn’t make this offseason was bringing in a new bulk/spot starter. That’s because they believe they already have two on the roster: David Peterson...
Updated Post – Jan. 12, 14:20 The Los Angeles Dodgers announced on Thursday afternoon that they’ve released right-handed pitcher Trevor Bauer. Jon Heyman of the New York Post has already reported that the New York Mets will not pursue Bauer. Original Post – Jan. 6, 19:39 The Los Angeles Dodgers announced on Friday that they will be releasing starting pitcher Trevor Bauer. Once...
Good morning Mets fans! On Friday, new Met Kodai Senga admitted feelings of frustration that he felt with his former club in an Instagram Live. Senga, who spent a decade with the SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball, explained that he asked to be posted to Major League Baseball by the club “for the past five or six years.” What frustrated Senga wasn’t that the team...
The Oakland A’s announced on Friday afternoon that they’ve signed reliever Trevor May to a one-year deal. Jeff Passan of ESPN reports the deal is for $7 million guaranteed with another $500,000 in potential performance bonuses. The deal makes May the highest-paid A’s player for the 2023 season. May, 33, struggled during the 2022 season to the tune of a 5.04 ERA though he...
The Washington Nationals are signing right-handed pitcher Trevor Williams to a two-year deal per Mark Zuckerman of MASN sports. Stephen Nesbitt of The Athletic reports that the two-year deal is worth $13 million. The Mets did show interest in bringing Williams back after a good 2022 season, though the Nationals represent a better chance for Trevor to start. The San Diego native is coming off one...
Former Mets right-handed pitcher Trevor Williams is at the Winter Meetings in San Diego this week as he looks to cash in on a good walk year in 2022. Williams told Mike Puma of the New York Post that the Mets have kept in contact with him and that there might be a chance to start. The San Diego native is coming off one of his best major league seasons when he posted a 3.21 ERA in 89 2/3 innings...
Edwin Diaz has been named the 2022 Trevor Hoffman National League Reliever of the Year following a historic season for the New York Mets. Diaz, who won the Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year Award in 2018 while with the Seattle Mariners, joins Craig Kimbrel as the only players to win the Reliever of the Year Award in each league. It should come as no surprise that Diaz has...
Position: Relief Pitcher Bats/Throws: L/R Age: 28 (December 5, 1993) 2022 Pitching Traditional: 39G, 45 IP, 4.80 ERA, 1.489 WHIP, 4-3 W/L, 49 K, 17 BB Advanced: 81 ERA+, 25 K%, 8.7 BB%, 4.91 xERA, 3.29 FIP, 3.52 xFIP, 0.4 fWAR, -0.6 bWAR Rundown Were you expecting a different brother of someone who pitched in the combined no-hitter? Tylor Megill’s brother, Trevor Megill, is an intriguing...
Position: Relief pitcher Age: 33 (9/23/1989), B/T: R/R Primary Stats: 26 G, 25 IP, 5.04 ERA, 1.440 WHIP, 30 SO, 9 BB, 27 H, 6 Holds Advanced Stats: -0.1 bWAR, 78 ERA+, 3.87 FIP, .338 BABIP, 27.0 SO%, .265/.324/.431 2022 Salary: $7.75 million Grade: C- 2022 Review Trevor May was supposed to be a relief option in the late innings of games in the 2022 season. He was coming off a 2021 season where...
Prior to being traded over to the New York Mets with Javier Báez from the Chicago Cubs at the 2021 trade deadline, right-hander Trevor Williams had almost entirely been a starter for his professional career. Of the 119 games since his debut in 2016 through his last game with the Cubs in 2021, Williams had started 106 of them between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the aforementioned Cubs. Williams,...
