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Carson Benge grew up with two older brothers, Garrett and Tyler. All four grew up baseball rats and were mainstays on the fields across their native Yukon, Oklahoma. Garrett went on to attend Cowley Community College in Arkansas City, Kansas in 2015, was drafted by the Cleveland Indians with their 22nd round pick in the […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 7 reads
In the early days of the off-season, the Mets signed Joe Jacques to a minor league deal. The left-handed side-armer has had a couple cups of coffee with the Red Sox and the Diamondbacks, but did not pitch in the majors in 2025. This is clearly a depth signing for the Mets, as there’s not […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
Meet the Mets Pitchers and Catchers don’t officially report for another eight days, but Freddy Peralta, Nolan McLean, and Jonah Tong have already arrived at Port St. Lucie. Tong talked about the Brandon Sproat trade and his goals for the upcoming season, stating “I’m just going to be where my feet are and let everything […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
This post is part of a series of daily questions that we’ll ask the community here at Amazin’ Avenue throughout the month of February. We hope you find the questions engaging and that our prompts can spark some fun conversations in the comments. We’ll see you there and plan to have staff chiming in, too. […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
CBS Sports | R.J. Anderson: The Yankees are one of several teams interested in Ty France, per MassLive.com’s Chris Cotillo. The Red Sox, Mets, Padres, and Diamondbacks are among the first baseman’s other suitors. France slashed .257/.320/.360 last year in 138 games with the Twins and Blue Jays. This report comes on the heels of […]
From Pinstripe Alley | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
A native of Markham, Ontario, Canada, Jonah Tong grew up in a family of athletes. His skill at baseball quickly became apparent, but given that the family lived in Ontario, there was a distinct lack of opportunities for him to learn, grow, and highlight his skills to professional scouts and evaluators. A student at Bill […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Meet the Mets Juan Soto was officially announced as a member of the Dominican Republic’s World Baseball Classic team. The Mets are reportedly one of the teams interested in the services of free agent first baseman and hit-by-pitch-accumulator Ty France. Around the National League East Ten days out from pitchers and catchers reporting, Nick Castellanos […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
Since the last time we looked into the Mets offseason, a lot has changed! They let key players walk, signed new ones, and made multiple big trades to address drastic needs. There is a lot to dive into. On the Braves’ side, I should apologize for not talking about all of these moves earlier, given […]
From The Good Phight | about 1 month ago | 7 reads
Meet the Mets Anthony DiComo of MLB.com dove into the outlook for the Mets’ rotation in 2026 now that it seems more or less set. Mets reliever Adbert Alzolay, who the Mets signed to a two-year minor league deal last offseason as he spent 2025 recovering from Tommy John surgery, is healthy and ready to […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Every offseason here at Amazin’ Avenue, our overlords editors set up a spreadsheet for season reviews and send out a for us writers to claim them. There’s an initialrush for the best players – Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Nolan McLean – though most folks usually show a modicum of discipline and don’t claim too many […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Meet the Mets Despite being previously named the captain of Team Puerto Rico, Francisco Lindor will not be playing in the World Baseball Classic this year due to the elbow procedure he underwent at the beginning of the offseason. With Freddy Peralta now in the fold, what is the state of the Mets’ rotation heading […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
After a season where the Mets missed the playoffs by as narrow a margin as they did, “what if” questions inevitably abound in the post mortem analysis. Of all of those “what if” questions, one that looms surprisingly large is, “What if Griffin Canning hadn’t ruptured his Achilles?” It feels strange typing those words because […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. With most of the roster set, Brian and Chris look back on the latest Mets trades and discuss how David Stearns has remade the team after a very disappointing 2025. Chris’s Music Pick: Sessa – Pequena Vertigem […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
After signing Bo Bichette and trading for Luis Robert Jr., the Mets had one more big move in a week. On January 21, they traded Jett Willliams and Brandon Sproat to the Brewers in exchange for Freddy Peralta and Tobias Myers. While Peralta was the bigger name and centerpiece of the trade, Tobias Myers isn’t […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 6 reads
On January 21, 2026, Jett Williams was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers. This list, and Williams’ place on it, was compiled back in late-November. For continuity’s sake, I decided upon including Williams’ profile, but for all intents and purposes, every player on our list below Williams can be considered to have moved up a spot […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 7 reads
It is never fair to blame a team’s collapse on a single player, let alone one as otherwise likeable as Cedric Mullins, who ultimately was a pretty small cog in the grand scheme of the spectacular failure that was the 2025 season. But if there is a player who came to symbolize—justly or not—that failure, […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Meet the Mets The Mets signed Austin Barnes to a minor league deal. Here’s the Mets’ spring training broadcast schedule. Richard Lovelady, who was recently designated for assignment by the Mets, was claimed off waivers by the Nationals. The Mets rank fifth on Kiley McDaniel’s list of all thirty farm systems at ESPN, and he […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
While announcing the Craig Kimbrel signing that had already been reported upon, the Mets also revealed another low-stakes acquisition of a veteran player. The team has inked long-time Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. The 36-year-old Barnes had spent over a decade in the Dodgers organization, […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
The Mets will broadcast 13 spring training games across SNY and PIX11, beginning with February 21st against the Marlins, and wrapping up on March 21st against the Astros. All of the SNY/PIX11 broadcast games will take place at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie. As per usual, the bulk of the Mets’ spring games are […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
On January 21, 2026, Brandon Sproat was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers. This list, and Sproat’s place on it, was compiled back in late-November. For continuity’s sake, I decided upon including Sproat’s profile, but for all intents and purposes, every player on our list below Sproat can be considered to have moved up a spot […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 8 reads
Meet the Mets Outside of some minor moves the Mets are most likely done adding this offseason. The team has not shown any recent interest in Austin Hayes after they signed Luis Robert Jr. Manager Carlos Mendoza dropped some hints as to how he would construct this year’s lineup on a recent podcast appearance. The […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 5 reads
A multi-sport athlete who also played football as well as baseball at Springboro High School in Springboro Ohio, Andrew Joseph “A.J.” Ewing really stood out on the diamond. A natural right-hander whose father had him learn how to swing from the left side as a kid, Ewing quickly began standing out not just as compared […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 0 reads
Like any number of baseball nerds across the globe, Amazin’ Avenue Managing Editor Chris McShane and I often play Immaculate Grid. We try to top each other’s rarity score and we, as you might expect, only allow ourselves to use Mets and former Mets. The best players to use are the ones who either logged […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Meet the Mets Ben Clemens at FanGraphs wrote about the Mets fantastic offseason to this point. MLB.com writer Mark Feinsand listed seven teams that won the offseason, and one of them is the new-look Mets. David Adler put together a list of 10 players who could be this year’s versions of last year’s breakout stars, […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
“Meet the Mets, meet the Mets, step right up and greet the Mets.” As their theme song would suggest, the Mets have done a pretty good job of introducing brand new players to fans over the years. While the Amazins’ may not have an excess of World Series rings to show for their 64-year history, […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 1 month ago | 5 reads