Good morning, Mets fans! Mets owner Steve Cohen flew to Kansas City on Wednesday to address both the team and the media following the mets flurry of moves at Tuesday’s trade deadline. Among many other topics that were addressed, Cohen echoed general manager Billy Eppler’s sentiment from the day prior that although the Mets will not have previous years’ expectations, the Mets...
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Coming into the 2023 season with the highest payroll in Major League Baseball history, the New York Mets were projected to make their second consecutive postseason appearance. However, a combination of untimely injuries and underperformance from many key contributors, left them well out of a playoff spot at the trade deadline. This prompted a sell-off from general manager Billy Eppler and the...
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Mets All-Star Pete Alonso on Monday was named National League Player of the Week for the third time in his career and is the first Met to win the award this season. Alonso’s American League counterpart for the award was Shohei Ohtani who dazzled both on the mound and in the batter’s box during the week of July 24-30. Leading up to his breakout performance this past week, Alonso was...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Late on Wednesday night, the Angels made the first big move of the trade deadline as they acquired White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito and relief pitcher Reynaldo López. In return for the California native, Chicago landed the Angels’ second and third-ranked prospects in catcher Edgar Quero and left-handed pitcher Ky Bush. Giolito has a 3.79 ERA on the season...
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On Wednesday, Major League Baseball put out a news release announcing that the Major League Clubs have extended commissioner Rob Manfred’s contract for a third term. The extension will continue Manfred’s tenure through July 29, 2029, which would make it 15 years on the job. John Stanton, who is chairman and managing partner of the Seattle Mariners and was selected to chair the...
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