Mets trade David Robertson to the Marlins

It's official - the Mets are sellers. The club dealt its closer David Robertson to the division-rival Marlins in exchange for two minor leaguers late Thursday night. Coming to the Mets are 2B Marco Vargas and C Ronald Hernandez, with both of those players in short-season ball in the FCL with the Marlins prior to [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 2, Nationals 1 (7/27/23)

The Mets rallied for two runs in the eighth inning, one before and one after a 90-minute weather delay, to rally to defeat the Nationals, 2-1, Thursday night at Citi Field. Kodai Senga started and pitched very but was on the short side of things, having allowed a solo run in his six innings of [...]

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Thoughts on Justin Verlander as the trade deadline approaches

Justin Verlander missed the first five weeks of the season and then was nothing special immediately upon his return to action in 2023. Yet despite that awful beginning to his Mets career, Verlander somehow has a 1.6 fWAR and a 1.9 rWAR this season. That just goes to show how good he’s been over his [...]

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Gut Reaction: Yankees 3, Mets 1 (7/26/23)

Once again, the Mets’ offense wasn’t up for the challenge. Combined with some shaky defense, the end result was a 3-1 loss to the Yankees Wednesday night in the Bronx. The Mets split the season series, 2-2. Jose Quintana seemed to be in constant danger but he gave the Mets six innings and a chance [...]

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Gut Reaction: Mets 9, Yankees 3 (7/25/23)

Justin Verlander hurled six scoreless innings while Pete Alonso hit two homers and drove in five runs, leading to a 9-3 Mets win over the Yankees in the Bronx Tuesday night. Alonso gave the Mets a rare first inning run, as he followed up a Brandon Nimmo double with an RBI single to give the [...]

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Mets Minors: Kevin Parada leads new top 20

As much as I tend not to graduate players off of my Top Prospect list until the offseason, it is disingenuous to still list Francisco Alvarez and Brett Baty as prospects. They are young and blossoming major league players and Alvarez seems likely to become one of the top offensive catchers in the league. With [...]

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Gut Reaction: Red Sox 6, Mets 1 (7/23/23)

It was another lifeless offensive performance for the Mets, who were limited to one run by seven Boston pitchers in what was a bullpen game. The final was a 6-1 loss Sunday night in Fenway. A four-run third inning knocked Carlos Carrasco out of the game and essentially put this one in the loss column [...]

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