According to Susan Slusser of the SF Chronicle, the Oakland Athletics are in the hunt for New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia. Jon Heyman of Fancred Sports adds that the Chicago Cubs are another team that are interested in Familia though their main focus is likely Baltimore Orioles reliever Zach Britton. Original Post – July 20, 14:56 With the San Diego Padres trading Brad Hand to the...
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Sports business reporter Scott Soshnick reports at least three minority partners of the New York Mets are exploring to sell “at least 10%” of their share in the New York Mets. Two of the three minority partners looking to sell are Comcast and Charter Communications. At this time, the third partner is not yet named. As noted by Soshnick, both of those entities are investors in SNY....
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This is the time of year when every talent evaluator or organization begins to provide updates to their preseason Top 100. As we saw with Baseball America’s update, the Mets organization is beginning to receive more acclaim with Peter Alonso and Jarred Kelenic joining Andres Gimenez on their updated list. As this season progresses, we could well soon see some players currently in the Mets...
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Even with Max Scherzer having won the past two National League Cy Young awards and his starting for the National League in the All Star Game, in a poll of the BBWAA members conducted by MLB.com, it was Mets ace Jacob deGrom who was named as the best starting pitching in the first half. The BBWAA has deGrom edging Scherzer by a vote of 133 points to 102. In many ways the choice of deGrom was...
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3 UP 1. Callaway and Eiland Fixed the Starting Pitching While it was not a stated reasons for the hiring, many believed Mickey Callaway was hired to help salvage a once promising Mets rotation which was falling apart at the seams. Hope was bolstered when Dave Eiland was brought onboard to be the pitching coach. Looking over the rotation in the first half, it seems like the trust placed in...
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