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...
Good morning, Mets fans! Will Sammon of The Athletic posted an article Friday night detailing Edwin Díaz’s optimism about a potential 2023 return. Mets team physician Dr. James Carr and the team’s medical director Dr. David Altchek were in Miami and were able to take care of and diagnose Díaz quickly following his freak injury at the end of Team Puerto Rico’s victory over the...
Despite the bitter end to the season, 2022 was still a special year for the Mets. The team won 101 games and made the postseason for the first time since 2016. It saw dozens of unforgettable moments and outstanding individual performances from players like Pete Alonso, Max Scherzer, Jeff McNeil, and Edwin Díaz. Still, there is a sense of unfinished business around the Mets as they enter 2023....
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...
Despite a lot of stiff competition for this award, Dominic Hamel is Mets Minors’ 2022 Starting Pitcher of the Year. A third-round selection in the 2021 MLB Amateur Draft, Dominic Hamel came to the Mets after a successful collegiate career at Dallas Baptist. Hamel started the 2022 campaign with the Low-A St. Lucie Mets, where he pitched to a 5-2 record with a 3.84 ERA over the course of 13...
Good morning, Mets fans! MLB announced its 2022 Comeback Players of the Year Tuesday. Albert Pujols won in the NL after his magical career-ending season in his return to St. Louis, and Astros ace Justin Verlander won in the AL. Latest Mets News ESPN released its salary projections, and all seven writers predicted Jacob deGrom would leave the Mets. Most thought it would be for the Rangers. Latest...
Darryl Strawberry is the most hyped player and the best power hitter the Mets ever produced. His arrival to the majors in early May ’83 marked a sign of progress for a franchise searching for hope. After a slow start, Strawberry began to fulfill those enormous expectations and became the third Met to take the National League Rookie of the Year honors, joining Tom Seaver (1967) and Jon...
Dwight Gooden was the No. 5 overall draft pick in 1982 and quickly climbed the minor league ranks in 1983. Still, it was impossible to conceive this kind of a first season—one which easily earned him the National League Rookie of the Year. No Mets pitcher—not Tom Seaver, not Jacob deGrom, and not Matt Harvey—began his career with a better blend of fanfare and success than “Dr. K.” He...
New York Mets manager Buck Showalter was named the National League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. In his first year with the Mets, Showalter led the Mets to 101 wins–the second-most in team history–and a tie for first place in the NL East. (They lost the division to the Braves based on head-to-head records.) He was cited by players as bringing a...
Julio Rodríguez is the recipient of the 2022 Jackie Robinson AL Rookie of the Year award. The Mariners outfielder played an integral role in the team breaking their long playoff drought, slashing .284/.345/.509 with a 147 OPS+ and a 6.2 WAR in 132 games. Rodríguez was a 2022 All-Star as well as a Silver Slugger, and could end up being a Mariner for the rest of his career after signing a 14-year...
Jacob deGrom arrived to the majors as a solid but not spectacular minor leaguer. With the likes of Zack Wheeler, Mets’ 2010 first-round pick Matt Harvey, Rafael Montero, Noah Syndergaard, and Steven Matz touted as the foundation for the major league staff, the 25-year-old deGrom was considered an afterthought. In mid-May, deGrom was called up to the Mets for bullpen help. He made his debut...
The Baseball Writer’s Association of America and MLB Network announced the finalists for the National League and American League Cy Youngs, MVPs, Jackie Robinson Rookies of the Year, and Managers of the Year for the 2022 season. Highlighting the list was the Mets manager Buck Showalter being named a finalist for NL Manager of the Year. After failing to make the playoffs and finish with an...
