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Mets and CF Starling Marte finalize $78 million, 4-year deal
The team also completed its deal with Mark Canha, another free agent outfielder. Canha gets $26.5 million over two years with a club option for 2024. The active Mets also have agreements in place — pending physicals — with two more free agents: ace pitcher Max Scherzer ($130 million over three years) and All-Star infielder […]
Continue readingNew York Mets ace Jacob deGrom cleared to start vs. Atlanta Braves on Monday
NEW YORK — Mets ace Jacob deGrom has been cleared to start the opener of New York’s doubleheader Monday against the Atlanta Braves after dealing with right shoulder soreness, and infielder Jeff McNeil has also been activated from the injured list. DeGrom was pulled after three innings Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs with the discomfort […]
Continue readingNew York Mets’ Joey Lucchesi set for second opinion on elbow, may need Tommy John surgery
The team will seek a second opinion on the injury, but it could ultimately mean Lucchesi has Tommy John surgery, which would end his 2021 campaign and much of, if not all, of his 2022 campaign, as well. Lucchesi, 28, is 1-4 with a 4.46 ERA this season. He last pitched Friday, and allowed four […]
Continue readingLefty reliever Aaron Loup, New York Mets agree to 1-year deal, reports say
The deal is pending a physical. Loup, 33, was 3-2 with a 2.52 ERA in 25 innings over 24 games for AL champion Tampa Bay last season, allowing 17 hits while striking out 22 and walking four. Once considered a lefty specialist, he held right-handed batters to a .192 average with three home runs in […]
Continue readingFrancisco Lindor, Michael Conforto among 7 New York Mets players to reach 1-year deals
Lindor will earn $22.3 million and Conforto gets $12.25 million in their final years before potentially becoming free agents. Smith agreed to a $2.55 million deal in his first year eligible for arbitration. Outfielder Brandon Nimmo ($4.7 million) and right-handers Edwin Díaz ($7 million), Seth Lugo ($2,925,00), Miguel Castro ($1,687,500) and Robert Gsellman ($1.3 million) […]
Continue readingMets honor Tom Seaver’s iconic drop-and-drive delivery with dirty knees
NEW YORK — Far too young to remember Tom Seaver’s glory days, Pete Alonso and the New York Mets found a perfect way to pay tribute to the greatest player in franchise history. Starting pitcher Robert Gsellman, his right knee already dirtied, led the Mets from the dugout onto the diamond at Citi Field on […]
Continue readingThree MLB games postponed as players protest Wisconsin shooting
MILWAUKEE — Three Major League Baseball games were postponed Wednesday as players across the sports landscape reacted in the wake of the weekend shooting by police of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin. Games between the Cincinnati Reds and Brewers in Milwaukee, Seattle Mariners and Padres in San Diego and the Los Angeles Dodgers […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Monday’s games
For what may be the first time all season, there isn’t a pitcher with a projected game score in the 60s. There are, however, a few arms pitching like aces with Dylan Bundy, Ross Stripling and Zac Gallen scheduled to toe the rubber. Yes friends, Gallen and his streak of a dozen starts without giving […]
Continue readingMets pitcher Marcus Stroman opts out of 2020 season
But the idea of traveling to one of the country’s coronavirus hot spots played a factor in Stroman’s decision Monday to opt out of the 2020 season. “Obviously, you see the Cardinals, the Marlins, you see spikes everywhere in the country, you see protocols not being handled properly from citizens everywhere,” Stroman said during a […]
Continue readingMets starter Marcus Stroman has torn calf muscle, will miss start of shortened season
The All-Star right-hander was expected to follow two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom in a rotation that already will be without No. 2 starter Noah Syndergaard all year because of Tommy John surgery. Mets manager Luis Rojas said the team doesn’t anticipate Stroman needing surgery and he will be evaluated on a week-to-week basis. […]
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