Updated Post: Dec. 11 at 2:43 pm ET According to Buster Olney of ESPN, free agent starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto met with the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. This comes ahead of reports that he plans to meet with the Yankees in Los Angeles on Monday. Original Post: Dec. 7 at 11:35 am ET Early Wednesday, Will Sammon reported David Stearns and Steve Cohen traveled to Japan to meet with NPB superstar...
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The New York Mets today announced their complete 2024 coaching staff under Manager Carlos Mendoza. John Gibbons joins the organization as the team’s bench coach, Antoan Richardson is the new first base coach, José Rosado will coach the bullpen and Mike Sarbaugh will be the third base coach. Danny Barnes returns as the club’s major league strategy coach and Jeremy Barnes will again serve as...
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Updated Post, 11/21/23 Willie Randolph won’t be the Mets’ bench coach, according to Newsday’s Anthony Rieber. Phil Nevin has been a name tossed around for the position. Original Post, 11/15/23 When Carlos Mendoza was introduced to the New York Mets fans on Tuesday at Citi Field, one of the people he acknowledged for getting him to this point was former Mets manager Willie...
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Superagent Scott Boras held his annual press conference at the GM Meetings in Arizona on Wednesday and delivered his typical punny responses, including his way of saying that Mets’ first baseman Pete Alonso is open to a contract extension, “When it comes to the polar bear, we’re not in contract hibernation.” Boras noted that he’s talked “at length” with Mets...
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Former New York Mets outfielder Tommy Pham begins playing in his first career World Series on Friday with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but he’s still happy to talk about the team he started the 2023 season with. “That team (the Mets) is more talented than this team (the D-Backs squad getting ready to play in the World Series),” Pham said Thursday at media day. “Let’s be honest here. But...
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