Month: December 2017

Steve Phillips Defends Mets Ownership In Twitter Rant

Mets ownership care “far more” than fans believe. That’s what former general manager Steve Phillips expressed in a series of Twitter posts on Wednesday. “The Wilpons’ want to win,” Phillips said. “I never doubted that in my 13 years in the front office. I haven’t doubted it since then. They budget to break even. I always knew my payroll. I also never...

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Mets Could Trade AJ Ramos For Second Baseman

Apart from signing reliever Anthony Swarzak to a two-year contract at the Winter Meetings, it’s been a relatively slow offseason for the Mets. Their highest priority at this point is to land a second baseman, but with Ian Kinsler refusing to waive his no-trade clause for the Mets and acquiring Jason Kipnis becoming increasingly unlikely, Sandy Alderson is going to have to be creative to...

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ESPN Announces 2018 Sunday Night Baseball Starting Lineup

If you want to see the Mets on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, you won’t have to wait too long into the season. On Tuesday, ESPN announced their starting lineup for this year’s Sunday night baseball telecast, with the Mets appearing in three of the initial 14 games: April 8 against the Washington Nationals, July 22 against the New York Yankees and Aug. 19 in the Little League Classic...

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Morning Briefing: Is It Gonzalez Time?

Do you like an older first baseman who does not hit much? Then boy do I have the player for you. Latest Mets News The Mets have reached out to first baseman, Adrian Gonzalez according to Buster Olney of ESPN. MLB.com says the Rangers signed Erik Goeddel. Erik showed some signs of life as a Met but he never quite figured it out. Best of luck to the Commish! Hansel Robles is training with none...

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Syndergaard Approaching 2018 Differently Than 2017

While it may be hard to believe now, 2017 was supposed to be a special year for the Mets. It was supposed to be the first time the Mets’ super rotation of Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, Steven Matz, and Zack Wheeler would all pitch together. It was supposed to be the first time in franchise history that the Mets made the playoffs in three consecutive seasons. Another World...

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