LaTroy Hawkins embarked on quite the lengthy journey through Major League Baseball, serving 21 seasons and playing on 11 different teams during that time. That journey eventually brought him to Flushing on a minor league contract that, at the time, actually worked out quite well for the rebuilding 2013 Mets. Hawkins played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2011, appearing in 52 games and posting a...
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When it rains, it pours, and it sure did pour for the 2009 Mets. The team only won 70 games, finished fourth in the NL East, and was plagued by injuries to most of their star players. They also missed an opportunity to keep an all-star reliever locked up for multiple seasons during his prime because they didn’t give him a chance to prove himself. That reliever was Darren O’Day. O’Day was signed...
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Operation Bring Big Sexy back to the Big Apple could be a go. In an ESPN article published this afternoon, it was confirmed that 46-year-old pitcher Bartolo Colon wants one more shot in the Major Leagues. Colon hasn’t pitched in an MLB game since September of 2018, when he had his seemingly final campaign with the Texas Rangers. But now he says he is ready to mount a comeback, and his target...
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The 2015 Mets had just come off their best season since the year 2000, and had taken home a National League Pennant to vouch for it. But after a monstrous season from Yoenis Cespedes and an even bigger postseason from Daniel Murphy, the front office knew that keeping both was an unrealistic dream. It was even further cemented that the Mets did not intend on keeping Murphy, when they traded...
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It’s funny how baseball works. Your favorite team may be at the lowest of the low, losing seemingly every game, making signings and acquisitions that don’t seem helpful to improve the team. But, it’s those same “good-for-nothing” signings that can turn an entire franchise around when put on the right path. That’s exactly what happened with the New York Mets and right-handed knuckleballer R.A....
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