The Qualifying Offer this year will be $18.9 million and the Mets will have to decide whether or not to extend that to Marcus Stroman. In a normal year, this would probably be an easy decision. This year, maybe not so much. And on top of that, one has to decide if there's any lingering [...]
One thing the Mets will have to think about in the offseason is if they need to bring in a righty bat. Their top five hitters are all lefties and there's quite a dip in production from the fifth LHB to the first RHB. Here are their wRC+ numbers: 163 - Dominic Smith 162 - [...]
The Mets were one of 10 teams to replace their manager this past offseason. Let's check in and see how those clubs are doing. The first number will be the team's winning percentage in 2019 and the second number will be the 2020 winning percentage: Angels - Joe Maddon: .444, .408 Astros - Dusty Baker: [...]
It's no fun to lose games. It's even less fun when you do things that have no chance of working out. Let's look at the last two games for the Mets. On Monday, David Peterson started and fans felt pretty good about that because he's been solid. But Peterson didn't have it and the Mets [...]
With their moves at the trade deadline, the Mets have three transactions to make today. The easiest one will be adding Robinson Chirinos and optioning Ali Sanchez. That still leaves opening up spots for Miguel Castro and Todd Frazier. The Mets have already optioned Franklyn Kilome a couple of times after he had a multi-inning [...]
This past week, the Mets have added Matthew Allan, Francisco Alvarez and Ronny Mauricio to their 60-man roster and they are now receiving instruction at the alternate site in Brooklyn. This is a case of better late than never but why was it even late? They should have been there from Day 1. They missed [...]
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So, the bullpen's been bad but we're kind of used to that by now. But how poorly the starters are performing is something we haven't seen in awhile. Through 12 games, the starters have a 4.58 ERA. While it's silly to compare 12 games to full seasons, the Mets had a 4.50 or greater ERA [...]
You've probably read by now that David Peterson was the first Mets starting pitcher to win his debut since Steven Matz back in 2015. What you probably haven't seen is the list of pitchers who've made their first start in the interim. Here's the list: Logan Verrett Sean Gilmartin Seth Lugo Robert Gsellman Gabriel Ynoa [...]
If a well-respected baseball man from another country - who had no idea who any of the players were nor what their status was - was put in charge of the Mets and given 100% freedom to pick and choose who started, who played where and what role they had on the team, what would [...]
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On this date in 2015, Jacob deGrom had one of his signature games, as he hurled eight shutout innings, allowed just three baserunners and notched 10 strikeouts. But it's not the best game ever by a pitcher with Mets ties on July 8. Rather that goes to former first-round pick Billy Traber. The Mets took [...]