There was an Andy Martino article at SNY today talking about how the Mets are still in the market for a starting pitcher after missing out on Julio Teheran, who instead signed with the Orioles. At one point in time, Teheran was a pretty good pitcher. But, c’mon, that was years ago. His addition to [...]
So, Kodai Senga will open the year on the IL, making this the fifth straight year that the Mets will begin the year with one of their five starting pitchers sidelined. Last year it was Jose Quintana and Justin Verlander. In 2022 it was Jacob deGrom. In 2021, it was Carlos Carrasco. And in 2020 [...]
One of the players that New York Mets fans are most looking forward to seeing is the return of their closer Edwin Diaz. There are many reasons for it. First, his presence in the ninth inning of a save situation. There was no doubt that Diaz’s presence at the end of games was sorely missed [...]
Prior to the 2019 season, new GM Brodie Van Wagenen made a big trade to acquire Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz. It was a win-now move, with the hope that Cano would produce enough in the first few years of the deal to make up for expected diminished production at the end of his contract. [...]
New York Mets outfielder Starling Marte was one of the most disappointing players in 2023. After a great 2022 season where he batted .292 with 16 home runs and 63 RBIs, Marte slipped to .248 with 5 home runs and 28 RBIs in 2023. Injuries were a big factor in Marte’s 2023 regression. After playing [...]
The New York Mets' bullpen struggled all year in 2023. They posted a 4.45 ERA overall, which ranked 22nd in the major league last season. Not having their dominant closer Edwin Diaz for the entire 2023 season put a dent in the bullpen and it seemed to affect every other Mets reliever performance. In 2024, [...]
Over at FanGraphs, they published the median projected standings right now in the National League, according to the ZiPS projections. Now, this comes with the caveat that there are some big free agents still out there – no, the Mets are not going to sign one of those – that could shift things around. But [...]
I check SNY every day, sometimes more than once. And when you’re a frequent visitor to a site, it’s hard not to notice certain things. With newspapers, it’s common for people on the copy desk to write headlines. My guess is that it works the same way at SNY, at least with their “insiders.” Somehow [...]
MLB.com has a fairly robust transactions log back thru the 2009 season. It has some for 2008, but nowhere near as lengthy or detailed. So, from the 2009-2023 seasons, excluding the Covid year of 2020, how many players do you think the Mets put on the 60-day injured list prior to the start of the [...]
The Mets have agreed to deals with Jake Diekman and Shintaro Fujinami but the deals are not official. Currently, the 40-man roster is full, meaning they'll have to cut or trade two players to make room for the new relievers. We've seen that David Stearns is willing to cut guys that he signed, so that [...]
The New York Mets made another bullpen move. After retaining Adam Ottavino, the Mets added another right-handed reliever in Shintaro Fujinami. The team signed Fujinami to a one-year, $3.35 million contract. The deal also includes $850,00 in incentives. Fujinami, 29, pitched for the Oakland A’s and the Baltimore Orioles last season. Overall, he had a [...]
The New York Mets brought back a familiar face to their bullpen. They brought back righty Adam Ottavino on a one-year, $4.5 million deal. Ottavino will help the bullpen, which struggled mightily last season. Even though he too was up and down in 2023, he is still one of their more reliable relievers and had [...]