NY Mets
Mets Claim 26-Year-Old RHP From Twins
On March 17, the Mets claimed right-handed reliever Dennis Santana from the Minnesota Twins. Santana, who turns 27 next month, has pitched in five MLB seasons, including a career-high 63 games in 2022 for the Rangers. His basic stats–a 5.22 ERA and 76 ERA+–don’t show a particularly strong pitcher, but the underlying statistics show something […]
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Cespedes, Harvey, & Tejada: 2015 Mets in the WBC
The World Baseball Classic puts the focus on many unknown players from around the world, but also many whose shine has faded in past years. Three of these players this year are heroes from the 2015 NL Champion Mets: Yoenis Cespedes, Matt Harvey, and Ruben Tejada. All three are out of the majors at this […]
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Can the USA Repeat as WBC Champions?
USA! USA! USA! Those are the words we would like to hear come March 21st at the end of the WBC. It will be tough for the stars and stripes to pull this off. Japan is good, the DR is good, and there will probably be an upset in there that could change the whole […]
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Mets Rotation Depth
The Mets head into the 2023 season with one of the best rotations in baseball, highlighted by co-aces Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander. Behind that pair of three-time Cy Young award winners, the Mets have Kodai Senga, Jose Quintana, and Carlos Carrasco. While the upside of this rotation is obviously elite, there is a clear […]
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The Mets Need to Start this Rookie
The 2022 New York Mets were an exciting, fun, and fresh team for the fans to enjoy. They brought a certain winning fever night in and night out, and the team knew what they did well and executed. But as the season dwindled on, it became obvious the Mets were missing something: Power and Youth. […]
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The Future is Bright For Ronny Mauricio
The Mets system has been a hot topic ever since Steve Cohen became the owner. The roster, built mostly through free agency, hasn’t seen an impact prospect since Pete Alonso came up in 2019. While Brett Baty and Francisco Alvarez get most of the hype, there is a name that has been budding this Spring […]
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Rules Changes For ’23: Do You Like Them?
As we all know by now, baseball is changing things with some rule changes to speed up the game and make it more entertaining to more demographics. I, for one, have always thought there was nothing wrong with the pace of baseball and that baseball is not boring. These are my opinions on the rule […]
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MLB 2023 Futures: NL East
The NL East is an absolute beast. New York and Atlanta are coming off 101-win seasons, the third-place Phillies made it to the World Series, and all three improved this winter. This is part three of a six-part series. Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are doing it right. Their homegrown star shortstop is now in […]
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Why This Mets Prospect is One of the More Enticing Prospects in Baseball
Real and natural power-hitting shortstops are some of the rarest and most coveted players in baseball today. Stars like Fernando Tatis Jr, Francisco Lindor, and Carlos Correa run the position year after year. Mets prospect Ronny Mauricio has shown he has the raw power and potential to eventually be put into conversations with other star […]
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MLB’s First Look at the Pitch Clock: Is It Good for Baseball?
The first slate of Spring Training games are in the past, and there has been one story surrounding this weekend in baseball: the pitch clock. Many rule changes were put into effect for the 2023 season, and the pitch clock is easily the most controversial of the bunch. Baseball fans around the world are having […]
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