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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
about 1 month ago | 5 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 […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
As much as we would like to believe otherwise sometimes, baseball teams have no crystal balls. Sometimes things happen out of the prescribed order, gambles don’t pay off, or players who you just brought in may almost instantly become redundant. The latter might be what happened to Carl Edwards Jr. Not that when Edwards was […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
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 […]
about 1 month ago | 6 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. […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
It’s February 1st, which means that we are just about two weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting. And while we are all excited to see the return of our favorite players, let’s be real. There’s very little that Francisco Lindor or Juan Soto could do on a spring training field that would change much […]
about 1 month ago | 4 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 […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
This is the first post in 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, […]
about 1 month ago | 3 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 […]
about 1 month ago | 5 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
about 1 month ago | 3 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 […]
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 […]
about 1 month ago | 9 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 […]
about 1 month ago | 8 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 […]
about 1 month ago | 3 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 […]
about 1 month ago | 6 reads