Talking prospects acquired in the three in-season deals by the Mets so far

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 [...]

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Mets grab win on Sunday thanks to great fortune on hard-hit balls

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 [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Nationals 2 (7/30/23)

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, [...]

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Gut Reaction: Nationals 11, Mets 6 (7/29/23)

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 [...]

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Twitter report: Mets agree to trade Max Scherzer to Rangers

Someone named Michael Schwab posted on X the following: I'm hearing a deal is in place to send Max Scherzer to the Texas Rangers, contingent on if he wavies his no-trade clause, per sources familiar with the conversations. Further down in the tweet someone said: Bro throwing a Hail Mary. Acting like he got sources [...]

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Examining Mets’ deadline and waiver deals involving prospects in the 2008-2019 period

On Friday, loyal commenter Name posted all of the deadline deals involving the Mets and prospects in the time frame of 2008-2019 and found that the overwhelming number of prospects moved in these deals didn’t do very much in the majors. It was a warning not to expect much from what the Mets received when [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 5, Nationals 1 (7/28/23)

Pete Alonso drove in all of the Mets’ runs with two homers to back seven strong innings from Max Scherzer to lead the way in a 5-1 win over the Nationals Friday night at Citi Field. The win upped the Mets’ record in July to 13-8. It was also just their 11th win in 35 [...]

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