Now that the minor league structure has been finalized for 2021, 120 teams have been invited to become affiliates of Major League Baseball. But many of these teams are not happy with the way MLB has handled this situation. “Have spoken with at least two dozen other owners this evening,” an owner said on Wednesday night, per a story from Evan Drellich of The Athletic. “One group...
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It’s not just the fans who are pumped up for what lies ahead in the Steve Cohen era. It’s the players, too. No one could be more excited than Dominic Smith, who was satisfied from watching Cohen’s press conference and getting to speak to him personally. “For a guy like that to take over the organization, you’re pretty happy about that one,” Smith told the New York...
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With MLB free agency and the Steve Cohen era underway, each of the editors at MMO will be brainstorming their own offseason plan. We are planning as if we were the GM and have roughly $72M to work with (a huge increase from recent years). With Cohen taking over ownership from the Wilpons, the Mets are certainly going to have a lot more freedom and flexibility than they’ve had in recent...
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Jacob deGrom has left CAA, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. CAA, of course, was Brodie Van Wagenen’s old agency, and deGrom was actually represented by Van Wagenen long before he became the Mets’ GM. With Friday’s news of Van Wagenen leaving the organization, this switch likely doesn’t come as a coincidence. DeGrom will now be represented by the VC Sports...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News The Mets had to suspend their minor league instructional camp, according to Tim Britton of The Athletic. Per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, the Mets plan to extend Marcus Stroman a qualifying error. Brad Brach exercised his 2021 player option, according to Tim Healey of Newsday. Latest MLB News The Yankees announced that Tommy Kahnle elected free agency....
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