According to Jon Heyman of The New York Post, the Mets decline RHP Phil Maton’s $7.75 option for the 2025 season, making him a free agent. Instead, they will pay him a $250K buyout. It’s not much of a surprise for Maton, who had an up-and-down go with the Mets. New York acquired the bullpen arm from the Tampa Bay Rays in early July for a player to be named later or cash...
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Monday, October 28, 2024 • 8:08 PM Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY RHP Walker Buehler (0-1, 6.00) vs. RHP Clarke Schmidt (0-0, 3.86) FOX Game 3 of the Fall Classic continues on Monday night, this time on the East Coast. The Dodgers hold a 2-0 series lead over the Yankees, and each game has been a thriller. Freddie Freeman sent Dodger Stadium into a frenzy in Game 1, ending the night with a grand...
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The Mets entered the 2024 season with a clean slate. Steve Cohen (finally) hired David Stearns as his president of baseball operations, and with that, former Mets manager Buck Showalter, who took the Mets to their first postseason since 2016 and won NL Manager of the Year in 2022, was fired. Rumors swirled that former Brewers manager Craig Counsell would all but join Stearns in New York as the...
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The reason we gravitate to sports is for the story they tell. There’s always a hero to root for, the home team, a villain to make an enemy out of, and a journey to embark on. The 2024 Mets took us all on an epic journey, no doubt about it. While it wasn’t the ending many wanted, and it stings coming up short so close to glory, the future has never been brighter in Queens, and the...
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After a 9-0 blowout Sunday night, the Mets look to reset in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Monday against the Dodgers. New York sent Kodai Senga to the mound on Sunday with hopes of three strong innings, but he severely lacked command of the strike zone and could only get four outs. He ultimately surrendered three runs. The Dodgers forced the Mets’ hand to deplete...
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