Author: Dilip Sridhar

Morning Briefing: Rangers Prevail in Winter Classic at Citi Field

People are back to work today so hopefully, that means Major League Baseball and specifically the Mets, will return to work as well. Yesterday, the annual NHL Winter Classic was played at Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets. The New York Rangers pulled off a dramatic 3-2 victory, beating the Buffalo Sabres in overtime. The Sabres managed to erase an early 2-0 deficit and force overtime,...

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Morning Briefing: Back to Reality

Happy New Year’s Day to all of you! The ball dropped at midnight and Luis Castillo was there to make sure it happened. However, now that the holidays are over, it’s time to get to work. Latest Mets News Phenomenal news, the Mets are undefeated in 2018! Paul DePodesta’s Cleveland Browns just went 0-16. “DePo” may be shown the door in Cleveland depending how the new...

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Morning Briefing: Closing Pitcher Market Winding Down

Only two days remaining in 2017. Sports have certainly not been any consolation to us as Mets fans this year. Latest Mets News Jon Heyman of Fan Rag lists the Mets as a possible landing spot for Josh Harrison. Latest MLB News Heyman also takes a look at how much it will cost Giancarlo Stanton to be a Yankee. Jeff Passan of Yahoo writes about the sexual misconduct allegations against Miguel Sano,...

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Morning Briefing: Walker and Bruce Reunions Unlikely

Quite a bit of news so let’s delve into it. Latest Mets News Neil Walker and Jay Bruce are unlikely to return according to Marc Carig of Newsday. Carig was on Blue and Orange Thing, The 7 Line Army’s podcast, and said it was unlikely but also won’t rule it out. Between the two, I think Walker seems more likely. Walker’s market is fairly limited being a second baseman and...

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Gary Sheffield Deserves More Hall-Of-Fame Love

There are a few former Mets on the current Hall-of-Fame ballot. Johan Santana, Billy Wagner, Livan Hernandez, and Jeff Kent but one stands out over the others, Gary Sheffield. Sheffield only played one season as a Met in 2009 but his career speaks for itself. Sheffield for his career slashed .292/.393/.514 with a 140 OPS+ from 1988-2009. Sheffield was 19 when he made his debut with the Brewers...

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