Mets conclude busy deadline by acquiring reliever Huascar Brazoban from the Marlins

The Mets continue to make moves on the margins, as they acquired reliever Huascar Brazobán from the Marlins. Brazoban has appeared in 97 games for the Marlins over the past three years and has posted a 3.56 ERA in 121.1 IP. He’s having his best season this year, with a 2.93 ERA and a 2.63 [...]

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Mets get reliever Tyler Zuber from the Rays

If you were worried that the Mets would be without a Tyler/Tylor with the trade to acquire Paul Blackburn to take Tylor Megill’s spot, fear not. The club pulled off another deal with the Rays, acquiring reliever Tyler Zuber. While he has limited MLB experience under his belt, Zuber is a fastball-slider pitcher, with an [...]

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Mets add Paul Blackburn from the A’s for their rotation

The Mets made a move to add depth to their starting pitching by acquiring Paul Blackburn from the A’s. Blackburn, who has spent a good deal of this season on the IL, has a 4.41 ERA in nine starts and 51 IP this season. Perhaps the best thing about Blackburn is that he throws strikes. [...]

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The Mets have turned over half of their roster and the results have been amazing

The Mets begin trade deadline day at 56-50, in a virtual tie for the second Wild Card spot. That’s a pace for an 86-win season. But there’s a reason to believe the team is better than that. They’ve done a bunch of shuffling to get the team they have now. Of the 26 players on [...]

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Billy Wagner is not walking through that door

The New York Mets are truly on the precipice of being a really good team.  There is still a good deal of gnashing of teeth over each specific game, but the Mets have demonstrated over the last two months they belong in the World Series conversation. Last year, Billy Wagner got 284 votes for the [...]

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Gut Reaction: Braves 9, Mets 2 (7/28/24)

As usual, the team with the most home runs win. The Braves cracked four home runs en route to a 9-2 shellacking of the Mets Sunday afternoon at Citi Feld. The two teams split their four-game series, with the Braves winning the last two. Just like Tylor Megill did on Saturday, David Peterson cruised thru [...]

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