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Last week, the Mets did something nobody had on their offseason bingo card unless you’re the kind of person who fills out that card after the fact: they traded Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien . And immediately, instantly, in the blink of a Mets fan’s heartbreak, left field became a sudden, yawning, canyon-sized void. A Daniel Vogelbach–sized hole. In other words: big, impossible to ignore, and slightly confusing. So now the question on every Mets fan’s mind is: How do we fill

On a gray November morning, with Thanksgiving somehow both days away and already weighing heavily on the stomachs of Mets fans, David Stearns stepped onto a Zoom call and did something no Mets executive ever enjoys doing: explaining why he just traded Brandon Nimmo. And not just traded him… traded him to Texas, for a 35-year-old second baseman whose best years “may or may not be” be behind him depending on how optimistic you are this holiday season. Stearns opened the call th

Former Mets reliever Adam Ottavino recently went on the offensive against his former team during an episode of his Baseball & Coffee podcast, criticizing manager Carlos Mendoza and the Mets organization for what he called “haphazard” bullpen management and a lack of communication that allegedly led to numerous injuries during the 2025 season. Ottavino didn’t mince words. He claimed Mendoza “has no idea what he’s doing when it comes to bullpen guys and how to keep them healthy

The annual General Manager Meetings are sort of the appetizer before baseball’s offseason buffet.The Winter Meetings get all the glory, the signings, the trades, the Scott Boras monologues that go longer than a game-winning home run given up by Ryan Helsley, but the GM Meetings? That’s where everyone starts slow-cooking the rumors. And this week, the baseball world descended on Las Vegas, which feels appropriate, because nothing says baseball wants to distance itself from a g

Not hitting much lately? Grab a Snitker. You’re not you when you’re slumping and Mets fans know that better than anyone. After too many nights of runners stranded and warning-track fly balls, this lineup has been hungry for something or someone to finally satisfy. Enter Troy Snitker, the new Mets hitting coach, here to feed an offense that’s been living off empty calories. He’s not a candy bar, though his last name sounds like one. He’s a data-loving, launch-angle-tracking

First off, let me get some semantics out of the way: Everyone and their mothers are calling the plight of the 2025 Mets a "collapse"....

The Hope Diamond Mets fans should be disappointed but not surprised by the outcome of the 2025 season. This was a flawed team...

Mets fans, lend me your ears—though given the way this season went, most of us would rather stuff them with Shea Stadium hot dog wrappers...

There’s an old saying in baseball that you’re never as good as you look when you’re winning and never as bad as you look when you’re...

Mets Recent Trade Acquistions Let’s be honest: nobody saw this coming. Not like this. Not clean. Not surgical. As the trade deadline...