Hopefully, the general managers of baseball’s stoves are still hot from all the fruit cakes and Christmas cookies so they can start making moves soon. For the Mets, let’s just hope they make any move at this point over the next 47 days when pitchers and catchers report. Latest Mets News Anthony DiComo of MLB.com writes about Mickey Callaway’s process of getting the Mets...
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Good morning, folks! Hope you all enjoyed your day Monday regardless of what you did. Here’s a quick morning briefing after a slow day around baseball. Latest Mets News Dominic Smith spent the day playing baseball in California. Judging by his photo, Smith looks significantly skinnier than last year. He’s definitely putting in a ton of hard work. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com says the...
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Merry Christmas to all. Not sure which was up earlier, this briefing or the children waking everyone up. Latest Mets News Mike Puma of the NY Post writes that the Mets are listening to offers for Juan Lagares. Mike Vacarro also of the NY Post says the Mets should sell the team. Latest MLB News Jeff Wilson reports that the Rangers are still in contact with Yu Darvish. Latest NL East News Byron...
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In a little bit of a surprising news, the Mets brought back former general manager Omar Minaya as a special assistant to current general manager Sandy Alderson. Latest Mets News The team hired Minaya but this is the Mets so of course we have some controversy. Can’t there ever be some cohesion? Joel Sherman of the New York Post correctly points out that Minaya’s hiring has a stench of...
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I’ve made no secret of my Todd Frazier fandom. I truly like Frazier as a player and believe he would be great for the New York Mets. The Mets have not had a proper third baseman since 2015 and it is pretty revealing. There’s a scene in Moneyball where Billy Beane is sitting with his scouts around a table and asks them if they can A) really believe they can replace a player like Jason...
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