With the 2023 season winding down, there’s the good, the bad, and the ugly to reflect on. While some may see more bad than good because of where the Mets currently sit in the standings, plenty of positives came out of the year. It was a revolving door year of rookies galore, with the core four of Brett Baty, Francisco Alvarez, Ronny Mauricio, and Mark Vientos finally taking the field together....
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After months of speculation and years of pining, the Mets hired David Stearns to be their first President of Baseball Operations, according to Andy Martino of SNY. The five-year, $50 million contract ties him with the Dodgers’ Andrew Friedman for the highest-paid candidate in this role at $10 million a year. In Stearns, the Mets get one of the best baseball minds of the century who led the...
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The age-old question in baseball has always been what the correct way is to assemble a championship roster. Is it to accumulate a slew of top draft picks like the Baltimore Orioles have in recent years? They’ve produced the likes of Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson with Jackson Holliday not far behind. Then there are teams like the Dodgers and Braves that rarely have the luxury of high...
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The Mets are at a critical point in their franchise, and it’s not just because 2023 turned out to be a bust compared to expectations. How they handle the fate of All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso will define the Mets moving forward. He is a player who helped revitalize a team often at the butt of jokes with a rookie-breaking 53-home run milestone season. He’s always given his all, putting his...
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Women’s Equality Day is today, and the goal of the #EmbraceEquality campaign is to start a conversation on why equal opportunities aren’t enough. In the sports world, especially baseball, women are just beginning to make significant and historical strides. In the 2021 Racial and Gender Report Card from the University of Central Florida, MLB received a C grade for gender hiring, a stark...
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