Author: Josh Finkelstein

MMO Wild Card Thread: Athletics vs. Yankees, 8:08 PM

Oakland Athletics (97-65) vs. New York Yankees (100-62) American League Wild Card…October 3, 2018…Yankee Stadium RHP Liam Hendriks (0-1, 4.13 ERA) vs. RHP Luis Severino (19-8, 3.39 ERA) After last night’s hectic 13 inning contest that led to the Colorado Rockies advancing to the NLDS, tonight the Yankees and Athletics will play in the AL Wild Card Game to see who will advance...

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Mets Starting Rotation is Reason To Believe in 2019

The 2018 season will likely go down in Mets history as just another mediocre season that was rather unspectacular and saw the Mets deal with injury issues and setbacks that ultimately led to the team’s postseason hopes disintegrating by the end of June. However, in actuality, there was something very special in the making this season that should breed tons of optimism for the 2019...

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Mets Have Scheduled Interview With Doug Melvin

Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that the Mets have scheduled an interview with Doug Melvin. Melvin, 66, has been a GM for two different organizations in his career (the Texas Rangers and more recently the Milwaukee Brewers). His tenure with the Rangers lasted eight years starting in 1994 and ending in 2001 before he became the Brewers’ GM in 2002, which he remained in that capacity...

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Jeff Wilpon Blames Front Office For Lack of Spending

Jeff Wilpon spoke to the media today before their final game of the season against the Miami Marlins. In that press conference, the owner touched on a variety of topics including the team’s next GM and roster construction in 2019. The biggest thing of note in the press conference might have been the blame game that he played against the front office led by Sandy Alderson, who he claims...

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Cespedes Unsure How Much He Will Play Next Season

Yoenis Cespedes, through his interpreter Carlos Guillen, spoke to the media this morning and said a few interesting pieces of information. For starters, Cespedes will be undergoing the second of his two heel surgeries on October 23. The 32-year-old also said that right now he is feeling pretty good “feeling pretty good right now, even better than [he] was expecting to feel at this...

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