Zack Wheeler tossed seven shutout innings, lifting the Mets to a sweep of the White Sox as they posted a 4-0 victory. It’s the seventh-straight win for the Mets, raises their record since the All-Star break to 13-5 and brings them within two games of .500 for the year. Wheeler was great for five innings [...]
To paraphrase Mark Twain: “The reports of his trading are greatly exaggerated.” Time and time again Noah Syndergaard’s name has come up in trade talks, but then each time any trade appears to get shut down. Last Friday an anonymous report came out expressing that Syndergaard was definitely being traded only to have new reports [...]
The Mets didn't make any noise the day of the trade deadline. Instead they saved their bullets for the game Wednesday night, scoring three runs in the ninth inning to earn a 4-2 win over the White Sox. It was the Mets' sixth-consecutive win. The club is now 12-5 since the All-Star break and have [...]
After shocking the baseball world by trading for Marcus Stroman and then surprising no one by giving away Jason Vargas to save a few bucks, the Mets stood pat at the trade deadline. Zack Wheeler's name was seemingly brought up more times than Donald Trump's in the past 48 hours. But despite rumors having him [...]
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The Mets made headlines ahead of today’s trade deadline by sending their top two pitching prospects to the Toronto Blue Jays for Marcus Stroman. Now, at first glance one might think that the Mets overpaid by giving up Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods Richardson for the veteran right hander. However, a deeper look reveals that [...]
Jeff McNeil and Michael Conforto hit back-to-back homers in the 11th inning to lift the Mets to their fifth-straight win, a 5-2 decision over the White Sox in the opener of their three-game series. The win broke a streak of seven straight extra-inning losses for the Mets. Noah Syndergaard, the subject of numerous trade rumors, [...]
Met shortstop Amed Rosario, although usually consigned to the 8th spot in the batting order, has been putting in a pretty good year with the bat. For the season he has assembled a slash line of .270/.312/.439, not bad for a bottom of the order hitter. But if we look more recently, we find even [...]
The Mets made another move today, sending Jason Vargas to the Phillies for veteran minor league catcher Austin Bossart. I had the chance to watch Bossart play for two seasons in the Coastal Plain League. At no point did I think he was an MLB prospect. This was a salary dump. And it's unfortunate because [...]
About a month ago the Mets360 podcast host asked me for a “Crazy Prediction." My “Crazy Prediction” was that Andres Gimenez would fall out of the Top 5 Met prospects by the start of the 2020 season. This was, in part, because of my frustrations with Gimenez’s performance but also because the Mets success at [...]