In a move that seems to suggest a big signing is in the cards, the Mets dealt Steven Matz to the Blue Jays for Sean Reid-Foley and two minor leaguers. Matz was terrible in the shortened 2020 season but was a league-average pitcher in both 2018 and 2019. He's under contract at a reasonable rate [...]
Well, that didn't last long. A little over a month after hiring him, the Mets have fired GM Jared Porter following an ESPN investigation that showed him sending multiple inappropriate texts to a female journalist back when he worked for the Cubs in 2016. So, in the span of about a year, the Mets have [...]
Fans who've been waiting impatiently for the Mets to make a big move can now exhale. Instead of signing one of the top free agents, the Mets instead turned to the trade market, acquiring shortstop Francisco Lindor and starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco from the Indians in exchange for infielders Andres Gimenez and Amed Rosario, RHP [...]
Multiple reports have the Mets signing free agent catcher James McCann to a 4/$40+ contract. McCann becomes the third or fourth big free agent acquisition, depending on how you want to slice either “big” or “free agent.” McCann joins Trevor May, Sam McWilliams and Marcus Stroman. The big news is that the Mets opted for [...]
New GMs are always eager to put their stamp on a team, which by itself isn’t a bad thing. After all, the old GM was let go for a good reason in most cases. The new GM doesn’t have any allegiance to the old GMs players and looks to bring in his guys in two [...]
Following the search, hire, and controversial dismissal of Carlos Beltran, the Mets opted to replace him with an in-house candidate and one of the runner-up candidates from their previous search, Luis Rojas. Having been with the Mets organization since 2011, Rojas has been an organizational mainstay with managing stints with the rookie league, low A [...]
Reports have the Mets' managerial search as over, with former Mets star Carlos Beltran, who left the team under less than favorable circumstances, to take over as their new skipper. When Beltran was traded, the return was a prospect named Zack Wheeler. It's sort of fitting that now when Wheeler seems primed to leave the [...]
The team's hot play in the second half of the season couldn't save Mickey Callaway's job. Today the Mets announced that they had fired the skipper that led the club the past two seasons. A search will get underway immediately. Without a playoff berth, it was unlikely that Callaway was going to return for his [...]
After a tense few weeks of possible lop-sided trades to land J.T. Realmuto, the Mets have wisely pivoted and signed a catching upgrade to a free agent contract without having to give up key players and prospects. Pending a physical, former Twin, Phillie, National and Ray, Wilson Ramos will be our catcher in 2019. The [...]
When the Mets embarked on the process of hiring a new GM, it was a pivotal moment in club history. The stakes were high and as fans we had to deal with the one-two punch of hearing some bad names in the running – Dave Littlefield, anyone? – and good names, like Ben Cherington and [...]
Last week we had a poll asking readers who they wanted the next GM to be out of the three finalists for the job. The overwhelming majority, 81 percent, voted for Chaim Bloom. My expectation was that Bloom would be the fans’ choice. But the margin was surprising. Throughout the years, there have been no [...]
A 12-inning game, an early exit for Zack Wheeler and a rare April stretch of 12 games without a day off had the Mets reaching for extra relief help. After Friday's game against the Marlins, the Mets added Paul Sewald to the roster. To make room for Sewald, they designated Ty Kelly for assignment. Sewald, [...]