Last Thursday, right before the start of the NFL Draft, got a text from a college buddy saying, "There will be no MLB this year." Immediately went to MLB.com but didn't see any news of this, so asked my friend where he heard it. He replied that he just finished a Zoom call with some [...]
News broke yesterday about Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez retaining JPMorgan Chase to help raise money to purchase the Mets. My first exposure to this was a Facebook friend linking the MetsBlog story and stating that if this happened he would no longer be a fan. Now, it should be stated for the record that [...]
With Noah Syndergaard's season-ending injury, the best reason to keep Tomas Nido on the roster is gone. Does that change the Mets' thinking about the backup catcher position? Do they keep Nido because it's the easiest thing to do? Do they utilize Rene Rivera as the backup? Or do they look to make a trade [...]
Last year, Dominic Smith proved to be a valuable reserve, finally delivering on the promise that at one time had him ranked as the top first base prospect in the minors. Of course with the season Pete Alonso turned in, it looks like Smith's future on the Mets is limited to being a reserve And [...]
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No one knows when/if the 2020 season will get underway. Maybe the only thing we can say with a high level of certainty is that we won't have a 162-game regular season this year. We haven't seen a truncated season since 1995 and that year teams still played 144 games. It wouldn't be a surprise [...]
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So much has been made about how the six players vying for the starting rotation are faring that we lose sight that most of the bullpen is doing well, too. One of the starting pitchers will be in the pen and bring his good numbers along, too. Here's how the expected relievers, with two notable [...]
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Following the 2019 season, the Mets cut ties with Juan Lagares, choosing to pay him a $500,000 buyout rather than pick up the $9.5 million option on his contract. While it was the right move to make, the club still needed to fill his role on the roster - a defensive specialist to play CF. [...]
One of the things you can count on in life is the "he's in the best shape of his life!" stories before and during Spring Training. The Mets have checked that one off with Jeurys Familia losing 30 pounds. Other good news stories we've heard include: Noah Syndergaard's slider is back! Jeff McNeil is happy [...]
Predicted standings (subject to change with roster changes) New York Mets: 93-79 Atlanta Braves: 90-82 Washington Nationals: 85-77 Philadelphia Phillies: 81-81 Miami Marlins: 67-95 Source: Will Leitch, MLB.com These aren't the five areas of concern that I would point out for each club but it's still nice to see someone not thinking that certain clubs [...]