The New York Mets announced on Friday afternoon that Brian Schneider will be the new quality control coach. The position was created prior to the 2019 season with Luis Rojas holding it. Rojas was elevated to manager last month after the Mets decided to part ways with Carlos Beltran. Schneider, 43, will serve on the club’s major league field staff as a conduit between the front office, coaching...
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Al Leiter was coming off a down year (4.34 ERA, 1.48 WHIP) in 1997 pitching for the World Champion Marlins. Now that the Marlins had won it all, they entered the offseason knowing they intended on selling off high-salary veterans. The Mets needed to acquire at least one starter heading into the 1998 season and had missed out several of the top free agent options. On Feb. 6, 1998, the Mets traded...
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Fans were elated on December 4, 2019 when reports came out that billionaire Steve Cohen was in talks to buy a majority of the Mets franchise. Mets fans have grown sick of the penny-pinching, meddling, and generally incompetent duo of Fred and Jeff Wilpon. Cohen was expected to buy 80% of the franchise for $2.6 billion with a five-year plan that allowed the Wilpons to stay in the organization....
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Prospect list season is in full swing right now with Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, and MLB Pipeline releasing their updates going into the 2020 season. The trio did not come to a consensus on Mets prospects with only two landing on Baseball America’s list and four on MLB Pipeline’s. We’ve started our own countdown here at MMO on the Mets Top 30 Prospects and will...
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The Mets announced on Friday afternoon they’ve signed first baseman Matt Adams to a minor league deal with an invitation to big league camp. Adams, 31, hit .226/.276/.465 with 14 doubles, 20 home runs, and 56 RBIs in 333 plate appearances for the Nationals in 2019. He also has experience in left field (34 games) and right field (1 game). Big City leads active big leaguers with 11 pinch hit...
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