The New York Mets announced that Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson had surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb. Granderson underwent the procedure at the Hospital for Special Surgery and is expected to make a full recovery and be ready for Spring Training. He suffered the injury during Game Three of the NLCS against the Cubs, but continued play through the pain and went...
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This should come as no surprise, but Mets right-hander Matt Harvey has been named the NL Comeback Player of the Year. Major League Baseball made the announcement this morning. Prince Fielder was named AL Comeback Player. Harvey, 26, made a career-high 29 starts and pitched 189 1/3 regular-season innings, going 13-8 with a 2.71 ERA, then made four more starts and threw an additional 26 2/3...
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Newsday’s Neil Best, caught up with Mets radio play-by-play announcer Howie Rose who says covering the 2015 Mets season is undoubtedly “the greatest damn season of broadcasting I’ve ever had.” “I can’t find the right words to tell you how much I loved this season, from the 11-game winning streak and even through the down periods, because even at their worst...
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Before making any new roster additions this offseason, the Mets payroll projects to be roughly $92 million for the 2016 season according to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York. He basically added up the guaranteed payroll commitments and arbitration projections that I posted on Monday and have included here for your convenience. During a question and answer session at Citi Field this morning, Sandy...
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Mets GM Sandy Alderson collapsed while taking questions in a break-out session with reporters after the press conference on Wednesday. While answering questions for reporters, Alderson reportedly collapsed and passed out. He was out for a few moments until he regained consciousness. Alderson, 66, suddenly went quiet and began to fall explained Kristie Ackert of the Daily News. “Reporters...
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