Back on July 3, the New York Mets acquired relief pitcher Trevor Gott by taking on the contract of Chris Flexen (6.86 ERA this season), who the team promptly designated for assignment, and relief pitcher Zach Muckenhirn, who was later designated for assignment by the Seattle Mariners, but remained within the organization. Now, after an up-and-down season with the Mets, Gott is arbitration...
Back on July 3, the New York Mets, who were not yet in the fire sale mindset, made a move to acquire relief pitcher Trevor Gott in exchange for reliever Zach Muckenhirn. In the deal, New York also acquired former Met Chris Flexen, and his $8 million salary, but promptly designated him for assignment. The thought process was simple. Acquire a solid bullpen arm while eating the salary of a player...
Shortly after designating left-handed pitcher Zach Muckenhirn for assignment, the New York Mets have traded him to the Seattle Mariners. The return is Trevor Gott and former Mets pitcher Chris Flexen. Seattle previously designated Flexen for assignment. According to The New York Post’s Joel Sherman, the Mets will immediately designate Flexen for assignment. Gott, 30, was activated from the...
When the New York Mets are in a funk, it’s often as hard for a writer to put pen to paper (or to type the words) as it is for the reader to focus on them. The weekend series against the Nationals seemed to have the possibility of finally giving some cause for optimism after the Mets won two of the first three. Alas, the series was a wraparound, and David Peterson killed that dream faster...
The New York Mets (20-21) completed their split-admission doubleheader against the Washington Nationals on Mother’s Day. After dropping the first game in the doubleheader 3-2, the Mets’ offense came back to life to Washington 8-2. All eight runs coming in the fifth inning. Their eight runs in the game is the most they scored since the beginning of the month when they lost to the...
The Mets took on the Detroit Tigers in the second game of their doubleheader at Comerica Park on Wednesday night as Max Scherzer made his return from his 10-game suspension. After only pitching three innings over the last three weeks, Scherzer had no command and gave up six runs in 3 1/3 innings. The Mets lost 8-1, and were swept in the doubleheader to fall to 16-15. In his first outing since...
After the bad news that the New York Mets (7-11) got with Edwin Diaz’s season-ending injury, they needed something good to happen. The Mets did lose 3-0 to the Nationals down in West Palm Beach, but the team did get a good start from right-hander Kodai Senga in his second spring start with the team. Despite the loss, Senga put up a strong outing. He got off to a rough start in the bottom of the...
The Mets signed Zach Muckenhirn to a minor league deal at the end of November. Muckenhirn, who will be 28 next week, is looking to break through to the 40-man roster as a lefty reliever. In addition to competing with the players already on the Mets roster, he is competing against other NRIs like T.J. McFarland to be a lefty specialist. Muckenhirn was drafted by the Orioles in the 11th round back...
The Mets announced on Wednesday they have signed right-handed pitcher Denyi Reyes and left-hand pitcher Zach Muckenhirn to minor league deals with invites to spring training. Reyes, 26, made his major league debut last season in three games with the Baltimore Orioles. He allowed two earned runs in 7.2 IP while striking out three batters and walking only one. In the minors last season, Reyes had...
