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27
Apr
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Buck Showalter Talks Justin Verlander’s Outing, Reflects on Spring Training | Mets Post Game | SNY
27
Mar
Possibly keeping Darin Ruf, sending down Baty, a couple of 40yo pitchers leading the rotation…if this team gets off to slow start then Steve Cohen can only blame the GM.
Mets Option Francisco Alvarez to Triple-A Syracuse
22
Mar
The New York Mets have sent catcher Francisco Alvarez to Triple-A Syracuse, quashing for now the possibility of putting the prized 21-year-old on the Opening Day roster. Alvarez, who made his major league debut with the Mets near the end of last season, had just three hits in 28 at-bats in Grapefruit League games.
Ranked by ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel as the fifth-best prospect in baseball, Alvarez batted .260 with 27 homers and 78 RBIs in a combined 112 minor league games in 2022 at Double-A and Triple-A.
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Terry Collins says Mets Should’ve Hit Nolan Arenado in the Back, Not Up and in Pitch
29
Apr
I agree with Terry here, but also wonder if Nolan was naive enough to think that he wasn’t going to get hit at all judging from his post-game comments.
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Jacob deGrom To Miss 4 Weeks with Shoulder Tightness
1
Apr
Jacob deGrom’s season is already on hold. The ace right-hander is headed to the injured list for an extended stretch, after an MRI exam on Friday revealed a stress reaction on his right scapula. DeGrom, according to general manager Billy Eppler, will discontinue throwing for up to four weeks, after which he will have to build up to pitch.
The diagnosis came less than a week before the Mets are scheduled to open their season, on Thursday in Washington. The vaunted 1-2 punch of deGrom-Max Scherzer will have to wait.
This is why I never got too excited about the vaunted 1-2 punch of degrom and Scherzer, because deGrom is just so injury-prone at this point. Now with this news I wouldn’t expected deGrom to be back before the All-Star break, if at all.
Buck Showalter Talks MLB Lockout, Analytics and Ownership Influence
1
Mar
Can any of these media heads interview a manager these days without bringing up analytics???
Buck Showalter Sounds Open To Bringing Michael Conforto Back
22
Feb
Additional players almost certainly will be added to the Mets roster once the lockout concludes, and manager Buck Showalter acknowledged Friday that another outfielder could be a consideration.
The Mets already signed free agents Starling Marte and Mark Canha this offseason to join Brandon Nimmo in the outfield, but beyond that there is haziness: Dominic Smith and Jeff McNeil can play the outfield, but are also trade candidates.
Adam Jones on Mets Hire of Buck Showalter
4
Jan
No better proof on a manager’s character then from people who used to play for him.
Buck Showalter Full Introductory News Conference
21
Dec
Analytics comes up way too much in this press conference. Like Showalter didn’t know what he was doing before analytics arrived? Just let the guy manage the team how wants to manage them and let his win-loss record determine if he wins or fails. I mean if the baseball nerds who love analytics so much knew what they were doing, then why haven’t we had a repeat champion since the 2000 Yankees?
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Mets Name Buck Showalter As Team’s New Manager
18
Dec
The New York Mets have hired Buck Showalter as their new manager, team owner Steven Cohen announced Saturday on Twitter.
Showalter, 65, takes over for Luis Rojas, who was fired after a season in which the team held on to first place for 103 days but ultimately finished 77-85 and missed the playoffs.
Great hire! Showalter is experienced, has a great work ethic and is always prepared. In other words, we’ll never lose a game because we were out-managed.
Can The Mets Just Hire Buck Showalter Already?
13
Dec
The Mets have whittled their list of manager candidates down to three, inviting Buck Showalter, Joe Espada and Matt Quatraro for second-round interviews, a source told MLB.com on Sunday. The Mets did not confirm the list as they are not commenting on the ongoing process.
Team owner Steve Cohen, who sat out the first round of interviews, is expected to take part in the callbacks.
It’s so typical of the Mets to be taking this long to hire a manager. Now they’re down to 3 finalists? Who cares! Just hire Showalter already. He’s the obvious pick, with experience, success, fans love him and having already done it, we know that he can handle managing in NY. All the various pundits that matter have already endorsed Showalter and nobody even knows (or cares) who Joe Espada or Matt Quatraro are. Hire Buck and if Curtis Granderson is really interested in being a manager one day, then make Curtis Buck’s bench coach. It’s not complicated. Just get it done already.
New Mets GM Billy Eppler Meets Media, Talks ‘Aggressive’ Offseason Plan and New Manager
19
Nov
Word has it that the Mets owner Steve Cohen has given Eppier the green light to spend a huge chunk of money on a free agent market that includes Javier Baez and Marcus Stroman. Here’s hoping that Eppier first does the right thing and makes Buck Showalter the new manager.
Should The Mets Take A Look At Buck Showalter?
26
Oct
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Joel Sherman at The New York Post seems to think so. I like Showalter’s many years of experience in the game, he has a few Manager of the Year’s under his belt as well as 3 division tiles and I would damn well prefer Showalter over Tim Bogar, Carlos Beltran or any of the other interviewees left. Yeah, please give Buck a call.