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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