Author: Matt Mancuso

J-Rod Taking Second Stab At Buying Mets

The J-Rod drama isn’t done quite yet! In a rather shocking turn of events, Thorton McEnery of The New York Post is reporting that the power couple has re-entered the fray to succeed the Wilpons as the Mets’ majority owners. Last month, Mike Ozanian of Forbes claimed J-Rod ended their pursuit of the franchise, citing issues with potential investors. Now, it looks like J-Rod have done...

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Potential Options For Mets With No.19 Pick

With Major League Baseball’s amateur player draft set to take place in only two short weeks, prospect pundits have begun releasing their mock drafts. This year, the opinion on which player the Mets will select has been quite varied. Over the last several weeks, the Mets have been connected to virtually every player expected to be taken in the middle of the first round. This is due to a...

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Travis Taijeron, Andrew Church Among Mets’ Minor Leaguers Released

Thursday was a rough one for Major League Baseball with multiple teams releasing a significant amount of minor leaguers. Jeff Passan of ESPN reports that there could be upwards of 1,000 minor leaguers released over the week. The Mets released 39 players on Thursday according to Mike Mayer of MMO. One of those players is pitcher Andrew Church and he shared his thoughts about the Mets system on...

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Morning Briefing: MLB Kicks Off Ugly First Round Of Negotiations

Good Morning, Mets fans! Yesterday, the MLBPA and MLB kicked off negotiations on how to start up the 2020 season. It was ugly. Latest on MLB’s Negotiations with the MLBPA Well, a lot happened yesterday. It almost broke Baseball Twitter. The first item to figure out: player salaries. Major League Baseball proposed a sliding scale of pay reductions. In layman’s terms, this means that...

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Morning Briefing: Pro Sports Inch Closer to Return

Good Morning, Mets fans! Yesterday, Andrew Cuomo announced that New York sports teams will be allowed to start up spring training camps in New York State, effective immediately. The Mets’ current plan is to host Spring Training 2.0 down at their Port St.Lucie complex, but with the Governer’s recent announcement, that could change their plans. Latest Mets News  Joel Sherman of The New...

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