Yesterday the St. Lucie Mets (A) of the Florida State League announced their “official” 2012 opening day roster. Their season begins on the road tonite against the Bradenton Marauders, the Pittsburgh Pirates single A affiliate. Although nothing has been announced, the probable starting pitcher for St. Lucie will be fire-balling right-hander Cory Mazzoni, who figures to anchor the staff. Let’s take a look at how the roster shakes out. PITCHERS Kyle Allen (RHP) Yohan Almonte [...]

With Opening Day hours away, the Mets began the 2012 season on a positive note by agreeing to a contract with left-hander Jon Niese. In agreeing to the five-year, $25.5 million deal – pending a physical – the Mets will avoid the arbitration and free-agent processes and locked up one of their most important young players. With the Mets resolving their most stressing financial problem is reaching a settlement in the Madoff scandal, their next [...]

The New York Mets today announced the lineup of special offers and new attractions at Citi Field for the 2012 season. The Mets 50th Anniversary season starts with Opening Day today with the Mets hosting the Atlanta Braves at 1:10 p.m. Special Offers The Mets will offer fans a variety of ticket packages for all fans catering to families, kids, groups and corporate clients. $10 Student Rush – High school and college students can purchase [...]

I can’t do this on my own… I need your help…. I narrowed down all the entries to these ten. Help me decide which of these ten entries is the winner of the Free Mets Tickets? The 2012 Mets – 50 Years, 2 Championships, 48 Excuses (Mary) The 2012 New York Mets: Lowering the Fences, Raising Their Game. (Drew) 2012 Mets: Come for the game, stay for the box of chocolates. (Met Maniac) Mets 2012: [...]

The Mets made two last minute moves and placed pitchers Pedro Beato (shoulder stiffness) and D.J. Carrasco (sprained ankle) on the disabled list today in advance of Opening Day tomorrow afternoon. The moves opened up roster spots for reliever Miguel Batista and outfielder Mike Baxter. Relievers Tim Byrdak (knee) and Frank Francisco (knee) will both avoid the DL as will outfielder Andres Torres (calf). The Mets Opening Day Roster is now set and as follows: Opening Day Lineup Andres [...]

A new MMO feature for a new Mets season, introducing MMO Mets Quotables. “We lost Jose. We lost Carlos. We lost Frankie Rodriguez, all very, very good players. We lost some big pieces of the puzzle. But you know what you do? You bring other people in to fill those spots. You trust them. You believe in them. Now what I’ve got to have them do is believe in themselves, because that’s where it starts. [...]

Mets are still trying to push ticket sales for Opening Day and are offering these new lower prices via email to some potential ticket buyers. Metropolitan Box was $175. Now $169. Field Box Silver was $175. Now $153. Baseline Silver was $99. Now $95. Caesars Box was $100. Now $90. Baseline Box was $95. Now $77. This is all part of their new dynamic pricing which is based on supply and demand. Via ESPN Original [...]

Hey Mets fans! What better way to kick off our eight season season of covering the New York Mets than by giving away a Free Pair of Tickets for the Tuesday, April 10th game against Davey Johnson, Ryan Zimmerman, Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals! Thanks to our 2012 Ticket Partners: Seatcrew.com is a brand new, online ticket marketplace. If you’ve ever used Stubhub, you’re familiar with the expensive, and often absurd fees that typically leave [...]

According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, The Mets and Jon Niese have agreed to terms on a five-year, $25.5 million dollar contract extension. It also includes a sixth-year team option for $10 million and a seventh-year team option for $10.5 million, meaning Niese could potentially earn as much as $46 million over seven seasons. Niese was set to become a free agent after the 2015 season. Now the Mets have bought out at least one of his [...]