Hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen is closing in on his quest to take ownership of the New York Mets. A source has informed Joe Pantorno of AM New York Metro on Sunday evening that negotiations between Cohen and the Mets to purchase 80% of the team have been successful and is now just pending the approval of MLB team owners. “It’s happening,” the source added. Charles Gasparino of Fox Business...
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The New York Mets made a few moves ahead of tonight’s matchup against the Baltimore Orioles in Camden Yards. Recently acquired Ariel Jurado has been recalled from the team’s Alternate Training Site in Brooklyn and the right-hander will start tonight and make his Mets debut. A former top prospect, the Mets acquired Jurado from the Texas Rangers last month, in exchange for a player to be...
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Jeff Passan of ESPN is reporting that the Oakland A’s have acquired left-hander Mike Minor from the Texas Rangers for two players to be named later. Minor, 32, is in the final year of his deal and is owed around $2 million over the rest of this season. After an All-Star season in 2019 that saw Minor post a 3.59 ERA and 1.24 WHIP with 200 strikeouts over 32 starts, it’s been all...
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It appears that fate has once again dealt Alex Rodriguez a fatal blow in his lifelong quest to hook up with the New York Mets. A-Rod and his fiancé pop star Jennifer Lopez revealed they were done trying to acquire the Mets after a hard-fought bidding war. “Alex and I are so disappointed,” Lopez posted Saturday on her Instagram. “We worked so hard the past 6 months with the dream of...
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The Marlins and Mets took the field around 7:10, with Dominic Smith and Billy Hamilton leading the way for New York. All of the players took their positions, then removed their caps for 42 seconds of silence. Then both teams walked off the field, leaving only a Black Lives Matter t-shirt covering home plate. This comes one day after three MLB games and all NBA playoff games were postponed as...
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