If we didn’t know it beforehand, one thing that 2022 drove home without a doubt is that MLB players don’t perform within a short range of production over the entire season. Instead, they have peaks and valleys and there’s no limit to either the number or the height of those streaks. Two players were very [...]
If you like uninspired baseball, you’ve loved the past two games. The Mets were shut out for eight innings before losing by a 9-2 margin to the Royals. Kansas City, a team 40-games under .500, sweeps the three-game series. The Mets stacked their lineup with lefty hitters (note: Daniel Vogelbach did not play), with seven [...]
Steve Cohen came out to Kansas City to speak to his team. It didn’t help. The Mets got shut out by the lowly Royals, 4-0, Wednesday night. They’ll have to win Thursday afternoon to avoid the sweep. We probably should have known it wasn’t going to be the Mets’ night when they got the first [...]
The Mets lost on a walk-off balk. Let that roll around in your head for a minute. Is there a more soul-crushing way to lose a game? Which makes it the perfect way to end the day when they traded Justin Verlander. The Mets had leads of 1-0, 4-3 and 6-4 but lost to the [...]
The Mets have sent Tommy Pham to the Diamondbacks in exchange for shortstop Jeremy Rodriguez. A member of this year's international free agent class, Rodriguez was ranked 47th on MLB.com's list. Arizona signed him for a $1.25 million bonus. As a comparison, Mets' signee Cristopher Larez, also a shortstop, was ranked 43rd on the same [...]
You can't rebuild in New York, or so they say. Maybe we need to amend that to say repurpose, Billy Eppler's word after they traded Max Scherzer. The repurpose marches on, as the Mets have dealt Justin Verlander to the Astros for minor league outfielders Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford, just hours before today's trade [...]
During Sunday’s Game Chatter, Chris F and I were talking about Brett Baty. Specifically, Chris stated that the Mets can’t begin next year with Baty as their starting third baseman. It’s not difficult to understand where Chris is coming from here. Baty is right at the Galvis Line with an 80 OPS+ and he’s not [...]
With the Mets adding prospects with three trades so far this season, it seemed like a good time to talk minor leaguers with David Groveman. This piece initially started out discussing the trade with the Marlins, only to be eclipsed by the one with the Rangers. If we were smart, we’d hold off on this [...]
Like any stat, Exit Value isn’t perfect. But it’s nice to know how hard the ball is being hit. And when you combine it with Launch Angle to get xBA, which looks at how often a ball hit that hard and with that launch angle results in a hit, you get something that’s really interesting [...]
In perhaps his last game as a Met, Justin Verlander recorded his 250th lifetime win, pitching the Mets to a 5-2 win over the Nationals Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. The Mets took three of four in this series of the two bottom teams in the NL East. It wasn’t an easy day for Verlander, [...]
Hey Mac, can I borrow $36 million?
Shortly before scheduled game time, news came out that the Mets and Rangers were finalizing a trade for Max Scherzer. The game with the last-place Nationals seemed to be a distant second in importance. And an 80-minute rain delay didn’t help any. And to top it all off, Carlos Carrasco once again didn’t make it [...]