Not even 48 hours into 2020 and the Mets have gotten us all even more excited for this season by holding their Dellin Betances introductory news conference on Thursday. Did it get you pumped? It got me pumped. And from the looks of Twitter, it got most fans pumped, too. Betances said all of the right things – but there’s more to it than just that. Any player can be prepped on what to...
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It is the 17th year in a row that MLB has seen a record increase in revenue, according to Forbes. MLB has been seeing gross revenue above $10 billion since 2017. Last year it was at $10.3 billion. This year saw an increase to $10.7 billion, setting the new record. Is this because the price of tickets, beer, and food keep going up? No, but that did cross my mind, too. A lot of this is thanks to...
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It’s no secret to anyone who has watched baseball last season that the Mets need bullpen help. Could Dellin Betances be it? Well… maybe. Betances name has been floating around as a Mets possibility for a while. They made their interest in him known last month. Now, the Mets may be one step closer to signing the right-handed pitcher. Monday night, Jack Curry stated that Betances is...
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The Rick Porcello deal is official. We all knew that the right-handed pitcher hails from New Jersey, but what we all did not know was that he grew up as a Mets fan. He stated all of this, and more, on a conference call Monday afternoon, where he stated: “This is a big deal for me. I grew up a lifelong Mets fan as a kid. To get the opportunity to play for the organization that I cheered on...
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Everyone has a price, baseball is a business after all. But there are some prices that do not make sense, and for the Mets this season, that means giving up their super-utility player. Talks have flown around recently about the Mets being interested in Josh Hader and having to give up J.D. Davis, Dominic Smith, or Jeff McNeil to get him. That’s right, McNeil. Now McNeil being named in the...
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