The Mets lost on a walk-off balk. Let that roll around in your head for a minute. Is there a more soul-crushing way to lose a game? Which makes it the perfect way to end the day when they traded Justin Verlander. The Mets had leads of 1-0, 4-3 and 6-4 but lost to the [...]
Last night for my CPL season
The Mets have sent Tommy Pham to the Diamondbacks in exchange for shortstop Jeremy Rodriguez. A member of this year's international free agent class, Rodriguez was ranked 47th on MLB.com's list. Arizona signed him for a $1.25 million bonus. As a comparison, Mets' signee Cristopher Larez, also a shortstop, was ranked 43rd on the same [...]
You can't rebuild in New York, or so they say. Maybe we need to amend that to say repurpose, Billy Eppler's word after they traded Max Scherzer. The repurpose marches on, as the Mets have dealt Justin Verlander to the Astros for minor league outfielders Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford, just hours before today's trade [...]
If Justin Verlander is dealt you can post it here rather than on an article about Brett Baty...
During Sunday’s Game Chatter, Chris F and I were talking about Brett Baty. Specifically, Chris stated that the Mets can’t begin next year with Baty as their starting third baseman. It’s not difficult to understand where Chris is coming from here. Baty is right at the Galvis Line with an 80 OPS+ and he’s not [...]