The Mets and the city of Port St. Lucie held on a press conference on Thursday to change the address of the Mets Spring Training home to 31 Piazza Drive. The change is to honor former Mets catcher and Hall of Famer Mike Piazza. Piazza was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016 and the Mets retired his No. 31 later that year. Long-time radio voice of the Mets, Howie Rose was the...
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Jessica Mendoza became the first Mets employee to comment on the Astros sign-stealing scandal on Thursday when she appeared on the Golic and Wingo Show. Mendoza, special assistant to Mets’ GM Brodie Van Wagenen, called out whistleblower Mike Fiers during the interview, “to go public with it and call them out and start all of this, it’s hard to swallow.” The Mets hired Mendoza...
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Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports that the Twins have signed veteran third baseman Josh Donaldson to a four-year deal. Jeff Passan of ESPN says the deal is four years, $84 million guaranteed that includes an option for a fifth season that could bring the total to $104 million. Donaldson, 34, had a resurgence in 2019 in which he hit .259/.379/.521 with 37 home runs and 94 RBI to give himself a 132...
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Baseball America released their first mock draft for 2020 on Monday with the Mets taking a college arm. With the No. 19 pick in the 2020 draft, Baseball America has the Mets taking right-handed pitcher Slade Cecconi. Cecconi, 20, will be a sophomore at the University of Miami this upcoming season. He went 5-3 with a 4.10 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 66 strikeouts, and only six home runs allowed in 59 1/3...
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During a press conference just hours after Major League Baseball announced the punishment for stealing signs, Astros’ owner Jim Crane told media he hired manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow. Both Hinch and Luhnow were suspended for a year by baseball, though Luhnow decided to simply move on. “Neither one of them started this, but neither one of them did anything about...
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