Updated Post, 2/18/26, 8:22 p.m. The MLBPA Player Board announced they have voted unanimously to appoint Bruce Meyer as the interim executive director and Matt Nussbaum as the interim deputy executive director. Meyer has been with the MLBPA union staff since 2018 and Nussbaum has been since 2011. Updated Post, 2/17/26, 3:49 p.m. In addition to the investigation detailed below, ESPN’s Jeff...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Five more days. Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto arrived for spring training, talked to the media and both seemed eager to put the disappointment of 2025 and any lingering questions about clubhouse chemistry to bed. “We’ve always pulled for each other,” Lindor told reporters. “We’ve always wanted what’s best for each other. Are we all...
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Industry experts voted the Mets most improved in the National League, the top storyline to watch this spring and shared mixed opinions on the Freddy Peralta trade, according to an annual survey done by Jayson Stark of The Athletic that was published Friday. Stark, who has done this exercise for 20 years, however, wrote that the Mets getting the nod for most improved was the “strangest...
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The sticking point that could threaten the 2027 baseball season is a salary cap. “They are ready to burn the f—ing house down,” one high-ranking team official told ESPN’s Jeff Passan in an article posted Thursday. The “they” officials were talking about were the owners. The league says a cap would even the playing field, allowing small-market teams to compete...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Happy birthday to a pair of walk-off heroes, Mookie Wilson and Todd Pratt! Brett Baty for Wilyer Abreu was the first trade ESPN’s David Schoenfield proposed in an article on potential deals that could happen during spring training. He pointed out that Baty does not have a clear starting role and the Red Sox have four starting outfielders and lack a third baseman....
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