Author: Cleon A.
Ed Kranepool Still Waiting For Kidney Donor
Newsday.com: The most difficult moment in Ed Kranepool’s long wait for a kidney transplant came only about a month ago. Some two years after it was determined the Mets icon would need one, a friend from Florida had volunteered and testing proved him a match. Kranepool was hosting him at his Long Island home when…
Noah Syndergaard Says Mets ‘Definitely’ Team To Beat
NYPost.com: After all the trade talk that involved his name, all the moves made by the Mets this offseason, Mets fans will love hearing this from Noah Syndergaard: “I think where I am personally with my head space, I couldn’t be more pumped to be down here right now as an individual and team-based,’’ Syndergaard…
Jerry Blevins Agrees To Minor League Deal with A’s
ESPN.com: Left-handed reliever Jerry Blevins has agreed to a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics, a source confirmed to ESPN. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. The news was first reported by the New York Post. It’s a homecoming for the 35-year-old Blevins, who pitched for the A’s from 2007-13…
Mets Unwilling To Go An Extra Year On Gio Gonzalez
RisingApple.com: One reason Gonzalez may still be unsigned could be because he’s looking for a multi-year MLB deal. The Mets may not be willing to offer him a major league deal due to the fact they already have a set rotation, and Jason Vargas pitched much better over the second half of the 2018 season,…
Former Mets Closer John Franco Talks 2019 Mets
Red Sox Sign Jenrry Mejia To Minor League Deal
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…
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.