On Friday night, David Farber of CNBC tweeted the words that (almost) every Mets fan was waiting to hear since the bidding process began: “Steve Cohen has entered exclusive negotiations to buy the NY Mets and is expected to reach a deal to purchase the team within days.” Since the dust has settled, more information has been leaked regarding Cohen’s winning bid. Scott Soshnick...
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On Thursday evening, Mets general manager, Brodie Van Wagenen, was caught on a hot mic earlier today criticizing Rob Manfred’s handling of the league wide protests that are going around Major League Baseball. Here is the video in case you missed it earlier: Brodie Van Wagenen then released a statement saying that he misspoke and that the order came from Jeff Wilpon, not Rob Manfred. Rob...
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It’s been a day full of news regarding the Mets sale. Yesterday, it was reported that Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez’s group was the clear-cut favorite per Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Today, there has been a lot of updates on that piece of reporting. Scott Soshnick of Sportico made an appearance on WFAN’s mid-day show today (Fast forward to 12 pm to hear the full...
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Flashback to 2016 for a second. A 22-year-old Tomas Nido just hit .320/.357/.459 in St. Lucie and got added to the 40-man roster because the Mets believed him enough to make sure he did not leave the organization. I went back to the 2017 Top Mets Prospects list from Fangraphs just to see what the makeup of his profile was. Nido was eighth on the list, ahead of Brandon Nimmo and Pete Alonso...
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Robinson Cano has been off to a good start this season. I’ve been fairly critical of the deal since December of 2018 but credit where credit is due, Robinson Cano has been good recently. After his performance last night, he is hitting .412/.462/.559 with a .438 wOBA and a 187 wRC+. It’s not been luck either, his hard hit rate is 56.7%, his exit velocity is 91.8 MPH, and his exit...
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