Author: Ben Reimer

Morning Briefing: Bryant, Freeman, Rizzo, Others Find Homes

Good morning, Mets fans! The moves kept coming in on Wednesday. While the market certainly isn’t empty yet, big names like Freddie Freeman, Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo signed deals, and Matt Chapman was traded to the Blue Jays. A recap of another busy day around baseball front offices: Latest Mets News On Wednesday, Robinson Cano offered a public apology for his 2021 PED suspension...

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Morning Briefing: Mike Trout Voices Opinion On MLB Lockout

Good morning, Mets fans! On Tuesday, it was announced that the MLB was cancelling the first two series of the MLB season due to the delays in CBA discussions. Since then, several players including Anthony Rizzo, Mike Trout, Ross Stripling, Lance McCullers, and Jason Heyward have all expressed their frustrations with the situation. Additionally, Mike Trout, arguably the face of baseball, tweeted...

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Morning Briefing: The Race For a Complete MLB Season

Good morning, Mets fans! MLB has made it clear that regular season games will start to be cancelled if there is no new collective bargaining agreement by Monday. A shortened season would result in players not being paid their full salaries. Alex Wood of the San Francisco Giants had this to say about the latest developments: It’s fascinating MLB setting a hard deadline to play a full season for...

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Morning Briefing: Juan Soto Waiting To Make Free Agency Splash

Good morning, Mets fans! Enrique Rojas of ESPN reported yesterday that Juan Soto told ESPN that he was offered a 13 year, 350 million dollar extension before the MLB lockout started. Soto said to ESPN: “Right now, me and my agents think the best option is to go year after year and wait until free agency.”  Jon Heyman of MLB Network believes that Soto is hoping that his contract will...

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Morning Briefing: MLB Expected to Announce Spring Training Delay

Good morning, Mets fans! Maury Brown of Forbes reports that the MLB is expected to announce a delay to the start of spring training as early as today. A delay would be financially taxing on MLB franchises, as they would be losing potential ticket sales revenue and be forced to rebate the local sports networks for lost games as they did for the 2020 season. Now, it is time for the morning...

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