Author: Allison Waxman

2025 Bowman Draft Baseball Available January 14

While the most wonderful time of year may be behind us, baseball card season never stops giving. With some epic releases in 2025, one of the most highly anticipated releases is near. Topps is gearing up to release its 2025 Bowman Draft product, a set known for including top prospects and recent draft picks, on January 14 at 12 pm ET. Bowman Draft is a must for any collector willing to drop a...

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Crossfire: Sign Ranger Suárez or Trade for Freddy Peralta?

The Mets have had a rollercoaster of emotions this offseason so far. They lost Pete Alonso and Edwin Díaz in free agency while trading away more tenured players like Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil. To supplement these losses, David Stearns and company brought in closer Devin Williams, reliever Luke Weaver, second baseman Marcus Semien and infielder Jorge Polanco. What the team hasn’t...

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Three Starters Who Could Bolster Mets’ Rotation

As 2026 approaches, the Mets still have plenty of work to do to reshape their roster for the upcoming season. They’ve added and subtracted to their lineup and bullpen; however, they haven’t made many additions to their starting rotation yet. For a team that started the 2025 campaign with the best rotation ERA for the first month (2.24 ERA) and the fourth-worst rotation ERA (5.65) in...

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Jeff McNeil Traded to Athletics

When Brandon Nimmo left, Jeff McNeil became the longest tenured Met. Now, that title will fall onto David Peterson. Jeff Passan of ESPN and our own Mike Mayer report that the Mets traded the utility player and $5.75 million to the Athletics in exchange for minor leaguer RHP Yordan Rodriguez. Passan notes the Mets will also pay McNeil’s $2 million buyout if the Athletics don’t...

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Steve Cohen, Hard Rock Officially Get Casino License

The New York State Gaming Commission officially approved the license for Steve Cohen’s Metropolitan Park casino next to Citi Field. The Gaming Facility Location Board recommended on December 1 that Hard Rock at Metropolitan Park receive a license from the Gaming Commission, leaving the awardee one final test of passing a “character and fitness test” from the Gaming Commission....

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