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Hitting home runs in their debut seems to be in the Lombard family’s blood. On Tuesday, top prospect George Lombard Jr. made his debut at shortstop for the New York Yankees, and he hit a solo shot in the fifth inning, and on an 0-2 count, no less, in their 2-0 win over the St. […] The post Jacob Lombard toasts brother George for momentous home run accomplishment appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Turns out a change of scenery wasn't all that was needed to fix Fastball Freddy.
In their first game after selling a slew of players at the trade deadline, the Mets looked like a better baseball team than the Guardians, a team that entered the night in the final American League Wild Card spot. We know by now that the Mets are not the better of the two teams, but […]
Craig Counsell must have been listening to Erykah Badu on Monday, because he apparently went to Jed Hoyer and said, “You better call Tyrone and tell him come on.” That would be Tyrone Taylor, the outfielder acquired from the Mets along with Clay Holmes in exchange for infield prospect Jefferson Rojas. The 32-year-old has never … The post Sounds Like Ian Happ Will Be Platooned Against Tough Lefties Moving Forward appeared first on .
Mets lineup A.J. Ewing – LFFrancisco Lindor – SSBo Bichette – 3BFrancisco Alvarez – DHCarson Benge – RFLuis Robert – CFMarcus Semien – 2BJared Young – 1BLuis Torrens – C SP: Sean Manaea – LHP Guardians lineup Steven Kwan – CFJo Adell – RFChase DeLauter – DHRhys Hoskins – 1BAngel Martinez – LFTravis Bazzana – […]
Both Will Smith and Dalton Rushing are on the injured list, and Ben Rortvedt has come to the Dodgers rescue yet again, this time from not only off the 40-man roster but also from a different team. One day after the Dodgers’ acquired Rortvedt from the New York Mets, they selected him to the major […]
Much more so than on the position player side, this meter will look completely different the next time it is posted as a good chunk of the players in the table below are no longer on the roster because they were traded at the deadline. The Mets dealt starters Freddy Peralta and Clay Holmes (not […]
The Mets announced a series of moves to fill in their roster after their deadline sale. Most of them were previously reported. In an additional move, right-hander Bryce Conley was designated for assignment. The Mets also announced resolutions for right-hander Joey Gerber, righty Kevin Herget and outfielder MJ Melendez, who were all recently designated for […]
After weeks of anticipation, the 2026 trade deadline has passed, and the New York Mets’ sell-off is complete. In total, the Mets shipped off seven players over the course of the last few days. David Stearns and the Mets’ front office brought in 12 new prospects into the system after all trades were finalized on […] The post Mets Bolster Farm System With Sell-Off at 2026 Trade Deadline appeared first on Just Baseball .
Thus far in the second half, the Mets have puttered about just under .500 and the offense has struggled, especially with Juan Soto hitting the injured list. Though Francisco Lindor has gone back to looking more like himself offensively, the other regulars the Mets have gotten back from the injured list have not been positive […]
The Mets have a number of roster spots open after their deadline selling. Will Sammon of The Athletic reports that outfielder Cristian Pache and pitchers Dedniel Núñez, Jefry Yan, Nate Lavender, Chayce McDermott and Xzavion Curry will be filling those roster spots. Pache and Lavender will need to be selected to the 40-man roster. Núñez […]
The final move of the Mets’ deadline sell off landed just before 5 PM yesterday, with Clay Holmes and Tyrone Taylor shipped off as a package to the Cubs. In return, the Mets received Jefferson Rojas, an infielder ranked 63rd on MLB pipeline’s latest top 100 and 99th at Baseball America. Rojas’ overall profile is […]
Over the last few days, the New York Mets went through with what has been speculated about for weeks: A […]
José Iglesias, the longtime Mets infielder, will be making his musical debut in the Tony Award-winning 'Buena Vista Social Club.'
The Mets (47-66) are back in action tonight as they visit the Guardians (57-56) for a three-game series in Cleveland. Simply put, the Mets are coming off a fire sale that saw them open up five vacancies on their active roster, which was already missing the best hitter in the National League as Juan Soto […]
The Mets have several big-league roster spots to fill after a massive sell-off ahead of yesterday’s trade deadline. Just on Monday, the club had five big leaguers head to other teams. That included relievers Luke Weaver, Huascar Brazoban, and Brooks Raley. Add in the A.J. Minter deal from the weekend, and New York will need […]
With the trade deadline in the past, expect plenty of analysis over the moves that teams did or didn’t make to address roster holes. For the Diamondbacks, their relatively quiet deadline day came and went with the addition of outfielder Lars Nootbaar, but nothing done to upgrade the rotation or bullpen. It wasn’t for lack […]
For the first time in a long time the Pittsburgh Pirates were buying at the MLB trade deadline instead of selling. The Pirates addressed the biggest issue the team was facing by adding to their struggling bullpen. The biggest move the Pirates made was trading for reliever Luke Weaver from the New York Mets. This […]
Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space. This week, we begin by running down the fully (lengthy) list of trades the Mets made at the deadline and […]
Meet the Mets The trade deadline came and went yesterday, and the Mets were very busy. After making additonal trades over the weekend, they completed their fire sale by shipping off Brooks Raley to the Phillies, Ben Rortvedt to the Dodgers, Luke Weaver to the Pirates, and Clay Holmes and Tyrone Taylor to the Cubs […]
The Cubs are acquiring pitcher Clay Holmes and outfielder Tyrone Taylor from the Mets for infield prospect Jefferson Rojas, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Heyman notes that the deal is pending medical review. Holmes, 33, pitched to a sterling 2.39 ERA for the Mets across nine starts before suffering a fractured […]
The New York Mets completed a deadline selloff Monday but retained center fielder Luis Robert Jr. despite sustained trade speculation. President of baseball operations David Stearns later explained the decision during his post-deadline media availability. The 29-year-old outfielder returned on July 20 after missing nearly three months with a lumbar spine disc herniation. He had […] The post Mets’ David Stearns reveals real reason Luis Robert Jr. wasn’t traded appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Having traded away a slew of players ahead of the trade deadline earlier this evening, the Mets are set to call up six players, per Will Sammon: Dedniel Núñez, Jefry Yan, Nate Lavender, Chayce McDermott, Xzavion Curry, and Cristian Pache. The team has 21 players on its active roster at the time of this writing, […]
After an incredibly quiet morning for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the club struck with its first move on deadline day, and it was an impactful one. The Pirates acquired RHP Luke Weaver from the New York Mets. Weaver is currently in the midst of arguably the best season of his career, pitching to a 1.84 ERA […] The post Pirates Find Their Closer, Acquire Luke Weaver From the Mets appeared first on Just Baseball .
With their playoff odds at 0.1% according to Fangraphs, the Mets’ season is effectively over. That was reflected in the fact that the Mets traded away eight players since Thursday and, if we are counting David Peterson’s departure on June 25th, have jettisoned eight of their prominent MLB players (and one Triple-A depth piece) for […]