As the trading deadline passed, the Mets decided on keeping the quartet of starting pitchers–Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Zack Wheeler, and Steven Matz intact–for now. And to me, that is the correct decision as I sit here at Nationals Park for one reason-the return offers did not equal what any of these pitchers are worth. And just to make a trade for the sake of making a trade is...
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Happy Sunday MMO faithful! With Tuesday’s deadline rapidly approaching, teams will look to bolster their franchise for the 2018 playoff push and beyond. Trades are starting to materialize as some big names are expected to be on the move. Of course, there will be moves made that will take readers (and players) by surprise. Archer Rumors Heat Up The likelihood of the Tampa Bay Ray trading...
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The Devin Mesoraco trade came with the best of intentions. The Mets had too many starting pitchers and not enough catchers after devastating injuries to Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki. With both out for extended periods of time, it made sense for the Mets — who were at the forefront of the NL East race at the time — to move some of their starting depth for a catcher and bolster the...
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Today I discuss Mets return on the Jeurys Familia trade and why it’s not as bad as everyone is making it out to be in light of what the Orioles received for Zach Britton. Listen to my thoughts on the media tantrum, agenda and outrage over the last week as well as Mike Barwis’ role in communicating the severity of the Yoenis Cespedes injury, and the Mets front office response. Does the Cespedes...
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The year was 2009 and Carlos Beltran’s knee was limiting ability to play consistently. Jeff and Fred Wilpon did not want Beltran to get knee surgery. They wanted him to play through it as they felt knee surgery wasn’t necessary. The Wilpons were not shy with their displeasure with Carlos Beltran. In the New Yorker magazine story Fred Wilpon said: “We had some schmuck in New York who paid him...
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