Author: Matt Mancuso

Morning Briefing: MLB/MLBPA Miss Deadline To Reach Deal

Good Morning, Mets fans! Happy No-Han Anniversary!! The MLPA and MLB had set today, June 1st, as a soft cap to reach a potential deal to start the season. If a deal was to be signed today, the plan was to have Spring Training in mid-June and kick off the season in early July. However with no deal close to fruition, a finalized contract in the coming days seems extremely unlikely. Latest On...

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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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