There is a lot happening with the Mets right now. The Jason Vargas injury has allowed the proverbial “Five Aces” to finally pitch in the same rotation at the same time. The team is once again considering trading Juan Lagares in an effort to shed his salary. To the amazement of some, Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki are having big springs. And yet, despite all of that,...
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Over the past few years, there has been a battle over the current salary construct in Minor League Baseball. We have seen this battle take place in the Courts, and we are about to see this battle take place on the floors of Congress. For players whose entire year is focused upon training and playing baseball, they are not paid a wage commensurate with their hours worked. In fact, many players...
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In a classic party game, people are given three options, and putting it as nicely as we can put it, you decided which is the girl/guy you marry, who should be the one you have a fun time with, and who you should just do away with. Given how the Mets Spring Training has transpired, the MMO writers thought it would be fun to play a version of that game with our starting pitchers. Judging from what...
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With Matt Harvey being a former Tar Heel, and David Wright’s brother having been a student at Virginia Tech, this Mets team has connections to the NCAA Tournament even if Todd Frazier (Rutgers) and Michael Conforto (Oregon) are looking for another team to root for this year. Like the Mets players and all of you, our writers have filled out our brackets, and with games set to start...
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In this week’s version of the mailbag, the questions that mostly arose were the Mets decisions surrounding the right side of the infield. Generally speaking, the questions focused on what the Mets are doing against what the Mets should be doing with some of the more controversial players on this roster: @bigmetsfan1 asks . . . Had the Mets turned down the option on Asdrubal Cabrera, how...
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