Yahoo.com: We’ve reached the point of the baseball offseason where Jenrry Mejía has a job with a major-league team and Bryce Harper and Manny Machado do not. This time last year, Mejía was “banned for life” by Major League Baseball after three failed tests for performance-enhancing drugs. Turns out the “for life” part wasn’t as…
Month: January 2019
Mets Are Done With Gavin Cecchini
NYPost.com: Three weeks after trading one 2012 first-round pick, the Mets have gotten rid of another. First it was Kevin Plawecki being shipped to Cleveland, and now it is Gavin Cecchini being designated for assignment to make room for reliever Justin Wilson on the 40-man roster. Cecchini, the 12th-overall pick out of high school, played…
Keith Hernandez To Undergo Back Surgery
With his unique wit and at times brutal honesty, it’s funny how the 1979 co-MVP and 2-time World champ’s broadcasting career has become as noteworthy as his playing days: Mets legend and SNY announcer Keith Hernandez will undergo back surgery during the latter part of next week. Hernandez made the announcement on Twitter on Saturday….
David Wright Explains New Role with Mets Front Office
Mets Sign Left-Handed Reliever Justin Wilson To Two-Year Deal
Honestly, never heard of this guy. But Brodie Van Wagenen was clearly still on the market for a left-handed reliever and rather than go in-house, the choice was to go with a wily veteran.
Bryce Harper and Manny Machado Will Not Be Part of 2019 Mets
CBSSports.com: We’ve got less than a month to go until spring training starts, and the two best free agents — Bryce Harper and Manny Machado — on the market this winter still don’t know where they’ll be playing in 2019. We do have some hints as to who some of the final teams might be…
Matt Franco Notches Pinch-Hit Walk-Off Single Off Mariano Rivera
Mariano Rivera getting into the Hall of Fame unanimously today immediately reminded me of this memorable Met moment. Greatest reliever ever? Definitely. But as Matt Franco reminded us one summer day in 1999, sometimes Rivera did show himself to be human.
Wilmer Flores, Diamondbacks Finalize $4.25M, 1-Year Contract
NYPost.com: This time, Wilmer Flores is actually leaving. The infielder, who has spent his entire career, dating back to 2008, with the Mets, agreed Wednesday to a one-year deal with the Diamondbacks with a team option, according to ESPN. Since 2013, Flores had been a Mets fan favorite, posting a .262 batting average and being…
Here’s How Tim Tebow Can Make The Mets Roster
While I don’t necessarily look at Tim Tebow as a ‘PR stunt’, but that he’s going to be at spring training does just seem weird.
Manny Machado On The Mets?!?
You know what, we already have a shortstop. His name is Amed Rosario and tho he still has a lot of kinks in his armor offensively and defensively and running the bases, overall he still had a pretty good rookie year. And the feeling here is that he’ll only get better with the proper tutelage…
Tim Tebow Will Report To Major League Camp in February
ESPN.com: Tim Tebow will be back at the New York Mets major league camp in Port St. Lucie, Florida, in February. The Mets’ most famous minor leaguer returns for this third season with the team. Last year, the Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback hit .273 with six home runs and 36 RBIs in…
Brodie Van Wagenen Introduces New Infielder Jed Lowrie
RELATED: Brodie Van Wagenen explains why Mets don’t view outfield upgrade as ‘top priority’
Jeff McNeil In The Outfield???
SNY.TV: The Mets acquisition of infielder Jed Lowrie on a two-year, $20 million deal that is still pending a physical crowds their infield, and has the potential to squeeze Jeff McNeil’s playing time. As a solution, the Mets plan to use McNeil in the outfield in 2019, according to a person familiar with the plans….
Ron Darling Remembers Former Pitching Coach Mel Stottlemyre
The ’86 Mets starting rotation that Mel coached was arguably the best in the team’s history. RIP. RELATED: Mel Stottlemyre, New York baseball legend, dead at 77
Mets Exploring Options for Long-Term Deal with Jacob deGrom
Thing is, deGrom is signed with us for 2 more years and at 30yo, you wonder just how many Cy Young-type seasons he has left.