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Gauging the Mets’ internal options to replace Brandon Nimmo

After the disappointing 2025 campaign, which saw the Mets go from one of the best records in baseball to missing the playoffs on a final day of the season loss to the Marlins (stop me if you heard that one before), President of Baseball Operations David Stearns promised change, in no uncertain terms. One of […]

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Reed Garrett’s reliability proved costly this season

In 2024, Reed Garrett enjoyed a breakout season with the Mets, especially early on when he was striking out batters at a phenomenal clip. He ended the year with a 3.77 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 57.1 innings pitched which was good for a rate of 13 strikeouts per nine innings. After earning Carlos Mendoza’s […]

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Mets Morning News: Nimmo memories, reliever rumors

Meet the Mets Mets fans shared their stories of the great interactions they’ve had with Brandon Nimmo with Laura Albanese. Kai Correa, the Mets’ new bench coach, is a key piece of the organization’s effort to improve defensively. Tyler Rogers, who finished the season with the Mets and has the slowest fastball in Major League […]

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International Free Agent Profile: Sung-Mun Song

Born on August 29, 1996 in Seoul, South Korea, Sung-Mun Song was drafted by the Nexen Heroes in the fifth round of the 2015 KBO Draft, the 49th overall pick, selected out of Jangchung High School, a nationally-competitive baseball school. He appeared in a handful of games for Nexen in May, but barely accrued playing […]

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Mets Morning News: Happy Thanksgiving!

Meet the Mets Mark Vientos and Sean Manaea joined local charities to give back to those in need this Thanksgiving. Keith Hernandez will be co-hosting a morning show on WFAN Thanksgiving morning. The Mets are reportedly looking at top tier relievers on the market even if Edwin Díaz returns. Around the National League East Dale […]

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International Free Agent Profile: Kona Takahashi

Kona Takahashi was born in Numata, a city in Japan’s Gunma Prefecture. He attended Maebashi Ikuei High School and had a career there many others only dream about. While he did not play in his first year, and the school lost in the 2014 Gunma regionals, not only did Maebashi Ikuei High School participate in […]

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Grading the Mets’ Brandon Nimmo trade

The Mets managed to make a pre-Thanksgiving splash, trading Brandon Nimmo – their longest tenured player – to the Texas Rangers for Marcus Semien. The Rangers also received $5M as part of the deal. Though Nimmo himself was reportedly surprised by the move, rumors had been out there; Jeff Passan reported a week ago that […]

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Mets Morning News: Gray to Red Sox

Meet the Mets The Mets signed reliever Nick Burdi to a minor league deal. They also signed pitchers Robert Stock and Anderson Severino and outfielder Jose Ramos to minor league deals. Sean Manaea has described the loose body in his left elbow a “thing of the past,” and he didn’t end up needing surgery to […]

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BreakingT’s Black Friday and holiday deals are here

As you might expect around this time of year, our friends over at BreakingT have gotten their holiday deals underway, and you can view all of the offers right here. For several years now, we’ve shared a bunch of their gear that’s been right up our alleys. From shirts featuring current stars Francisco Lindor and […]

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Mets sign Nick Burdi, Robert Stock, Anderson Severino, and Jose Ramos to minor league deals

The Mets have signed four players to minor league deals with invitations to spring training: right-handed relief pitcher Nick Burdi, right-handed pitcher Robert Stock, left-handed reliever Anderson Severino, and outfielder José Ramos. In his age-32 season, Burdi threw five-and-one-third innings with the Red Sox over the course of four appearances and didn’t allow any earned […]

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The 2025-26 AAOP: The Champions

The 2025-26 Amazin’ Avenue Offseason Plan Contest is over, and the community has selected the winners. We had 19 entries this year, which was pruned down to five finalists by a panel of Amazin’ Avenue staff members. A poll for these five were presented on Thursday last week, and voting closed Sunday evening. Congratulations to the winners, […]

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Tuesday Top Ten: Brandon Nimmo Moments

Brandon Nimmo is well acquainted with the concept of top ten lists, as he currently ranks tenth in doubles, ninth in home runs, eighth in position player WAR, seventh in offensive WAR, sixth in runs scored, fifth in walks, and first in smiles across Mets history. Still, the act of choosing just ten moments to […]

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A Pod of Their Own, Episode 258: Bye Bye Brandon

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 discussing the big Mets news of the week: a trade that sent Brandon Nimmo to […]

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Mets Morning News: What’s next after the Nimmo trade?

Meet the Mets The Mets made a farewell video for Brandon Nimmo, and Steve and Alex Cohen released a statement about him following the team’s trade of him to the Texas Rangers. Mark Feinsand looks at the effect of the Nimmo-Semien trade on the trade and free agent markets. Might the Mets sign Kyle Tucker […]

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Getting to know Marcus Semien

Marcus Semien has plenty of experience. With three years remaining on the seven-year contract that he signed with the Rangers ahead of the 2022 season, the 35-year-old is set to begin his fourteenth year in the big leagues as the Mets’ starting second baseman in 2026. Born in 1990, Semien was drafted by the White […]

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Emergency Applesauce: Nimmo’s Out, Semien’s In

Earlier tonight, the Mets traded Brandon Nimmo to the Rangers for second baseman Marcus Semien. Brian, Grace, and Lukas convene to discuss what this means for the Mets, the 2026 roster, and why we will miss Nimmo, who was the longest tenured Met on the team at the time of the trade. Stay tuned this […]

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Mets Morning News: Losing Nimmo

Meet the Mets In a one-for-one contract swap, the Mets are sending 10-year veteran Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers for Gold Glove second baseman Marcus Semien. The Mets gave Nimmo the weekend to decide whether he wanted to waive his no-trade clause or not and after two days of deliberations and a discussion with […]

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Mets trade Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien

The Mets have completed a deal with the Texas Rangers to swap Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien. Nimmo has waived his no-trade clause and accepted the trade. Nimmo was the longest tenured Met on the current roster. A first round pick in 2011, he debuted in 2016 and has racked up nearly 4,400 PA and […]

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Mets Morning News: Trades, anyone?

Meet the Mets Anthony DiComo of MLB.com goes through which names have been mentioned in connection with Mets trade rumors and evaluates whether a trade would make sense for the Mets. Around the National League East The Braves signed outfielder Brewer Hicklen to a minor league contract. The Braves are far from done adding new faces to […]

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Mets Morning News: Teams make decisions ahead of non-tender deadline

Meet the Mets The Mets made several roster decisions ahead of the non-tender deadline, giving 2026 contracts to everyone but Max Kranick, José Castillo, and Danny Young. After Adam Ottavino’s recent public rant, The Athletic contemplated whether Carlos Mendoza’s bullpen usage deserves criticism. Mark Vientos spoke about once again needing to prove himself. ESPN looked […]

19 days ago | 1 read

Flushing is Burning: Talkin’ Offseason

Grace returns from yet another hacking cough to discuss everything she’s missed. First, she dives into the World Series. Better late than never! She discusses the fun and the message delivered by both teams in the razor thin series. Next, she dove into the present offseason. Free agents, the Mets movement, and the award winners. […]

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Mets tender contracts to all but Kranick, Young, and Castillo

Yesterday, our Lukas Vlahos laid out the cases for the Mets’ various non-tender candidates, highlighting eight players who could be considered on the bubble. Of those eight players, seven were tendered contracts by the Mets, with only Max Kranick being non-tendered from that group. However, two other pitchers were non-tendered in the process: Danny Young […]

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Mets Morning News: The rumors persist, but so do I

Meet the Mets The Kodai Senga market is taking shape as the Mets listen to offers, writes Jon Heyman. The Mets have not asked Brandon Nimmo about waiving his no trade clause despite reports that they are shopping the left fielder. Jorge Castillo explored all the potential fits for Pete Alonso. The Mets were not […]

20 days ago | 1 read