A report by Scott Shosnick of Bloomberg, says a group led by former Florida governor Jeb Bush and former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter have won the auction to purchase the Miami Marlins, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person requested anonymity because the sale contract hasn’t been signed. The person declined to say how much the group paid for the team, which is...
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Here we go again. Not even 20 games in and panic is already rearing its ugly head among the fan base. You would think that after the last two seasons they’d learn to take a week or two week slump in stride by now and understand that baseball is a marathon and not a sprint. And what’s the first thing a Met fan wants when they are in a sheer panic? Call up the team’s number one...
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According to Betsy Helfand of the Review-Journal, Las Vegas infielder Matt Reynolds left from Sacramento today to join the New York Mets in New York. Reynolds, 26, has primarily been playing left field for the 51s this season. He is currently batting .300 with a .364 on-base percentage in 55 plate appearances for the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate. Last season, Reynolds hit .225/.266/.416 with...
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I spent most of the offseason defending Sandy Alderson’s decision to essentially go into the 2017 season with the same exact offense they ended the 2016 season with – minus Kelly Johnson. Trust me, while I tend to lean on the pessimistic side when it comes to the Mets, I wasn’t blowing smoke at you or just reading the situation with a pair of those proverbial rose-colored...
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With all the various injuries that have struck the team of late, I wanted to put together a brief summary of all the players that are out or ailing along with their latest updated information. Yoenis Cespedes – Left Hamstring Has sat out the last two games with cramping in his left hamstring and will not play against the Nationals on Sunday. “He spent the majority of the game on Saturday...
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