Mets baseball is officially back, you guys. The games don’t count yet, but that doesn’t matter — watching New York take the field and play a game against another team was something we’ve been waiting for throughout this excruciatingly long winter. And when looking for some of the biggest storylines to come from the first two games, first baseman Pete Alonso is at the top...
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There’s no way around it — general manager Brodie Van Wagenen wasted no time making his mark on the New York Mets’ roster. Outside of the fresh perspective and brash comments about being a playoff team, another big difference in Port St. Lucie is the number of new faces walking around the spring-training complex. Among the places we’ll see these new faces (barring nagging...
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The New York Mets’ roster has gone through quite a number of changes since Brodie Van Wagenen took over as general manager. There was a good reason for that — with aspirations of making the playoffs in 2019, there was no way the roster he inherited would make it there without external help. After all, a majority of the Mets’ roster performed poorly when compared to the rest of...
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As the New York Mets’ pitchers and catchers (along with a number of position players) descend upon Port St. Lucie for spring training, baseball is officially in the air. With these sights and sounds of spring came something else we’ll get used to over the next few months: a press conference with manager Mickey Callaway. The second-year skipper talked about a bunch of different topics...
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If there was one offseason acquisition that took me by surprise the most this past winter, it was signing infielder Jed Lowrie. Mostly because the New York Mets’ infield seemed set at the time this move was announced, and the more pronounced roster need appeared to reside in the outfield. And maybe partly because I was holding out hope for a Bryce Harper or A.J. Pollock signing....
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