Mets Junkies

  • Trade Review: Mets and Blue Jays

    At some point, I’m sure I’ll visit the trade that took place between these two teams when the Mets received Marcus Stroman, but for now, let’s talk about how the Mets got Travis d’Arnaud and Noah Syndergaard for Cy Young award winner R.A. Dickey. This trade should’ve been the type of deal that would’ve been…

    Gem Tablak

  • Giving Stroman a qualifying offer, is a no brainer

    The World Series is almost there and that means, giving out QO’s is getting close. The Mets have one option, Marcus Stroman. And it’s an absolute no brainer to do so. As we are all aware, Stroman decided to opt-out. Many aren’t happy about it, but how can you blame him? Even the talk with…

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  • Pros and Cons of signing Trevor Bauer

    By Angelina Heather Rizzo The New York Mets are in need of starting pitching. Here’s what a possible Trevor Bauer signing could and could not help with for a team that is in dire need of another ace. The good: Plenty of good things when you look at his 2020 pitching performance. A 2.7 WAR,…

    Gem Tablak

  • MLB Trade Rumors arbitration projections revealed

    MLB Trade Rumors projections of Arbitration and Free agent signings is something to keep an eye on every off-season. They are clearly the best site projection wise. Today they revealed the Arbitration salary projections. Here are the Mets: Michael Conforto: $13.6M Noah Syndergaard: $9.7M Edwin Diaz: $6.5M Steven Matz: $5.3M Brandon Nimmo: $5.2M Dominic Smith:…

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  • Mets need to sign Trevor Bauer this off-season

    By Angelina Heather Rizzo The New York Mets’ pitching rotation is in need of a boost after former ace Noah Syndeergard returns from Tommy John surgery, and ace Jacob DeGrom backs a stellar 2020 in the books. Rookie David Peterson wasn’t bad, either. It is true that adding Trevor Bauer would give the Mets another…

    Gem Tablak

  • We’ll get em’ next year

    After Saturday afternoon’s loss to the Washington Nationals, the Mets have now been officially eliminated from play-off contention. With the loss of Noah Syndergaard to TJS, Yoenis Cespedes and Marcus Stroman opting out of their final year of their contracts due to COVID concerns… or financial, the team was never in a great position to…

    Gem Tablak