Good morning and Happy 2020, folks. Just to recap the last decade, Yoenis Cespedes and a parakeet combined for the most unexpected duo in sports, leading the Mets to the 2015 pennant, a utility infielder (Jeff McNeil) cried his way into our hearts, a brave left-fielder (Mike Baxter) sacrificed his collarbone for his role in the Mets’ first-ever no-hitter, a long-haired shortstop emerged as...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News An article by TheRealDeal.com details the Wilpons’ latest business venture: offering real-estate expertise to other sports franchises. Latest MLB News The Orioles signed former top prospect Kohl Stewart to a minor-league deal. In order to clear room on the 25-man roster for Cesar Hernandez, the Indians DFA’d backstop Eric Haase, according to...
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Noah Syndergaard’s career has been marred with periods of dominance followed by spells of madding inconsistency. It was expected that Syndergaard, armed with a 98-mph fastball and a Norse-God attitude to match, would come up from the Minors and would remain in the Cy Young conversation for years to come. That simply hasn’t been the case. He’s been unhittable at times, although those periods are...
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Infielder Sam Haggerty has been designated for assignment by the Mets in order to make space on the 40-man roster for Dellin Betances. Haggerty, 25, received a September call-up last season after slashing .271/.376/.387 with 23 stolen bases across three minor league levels. He only received four plate appearances in the major leagues and although he scored two runs, he didn’t...
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I’m ttill crossing my fingers that the Mets are going to get me a nice Christmas present this offseason, but when it comes to this team, I know better than to keep my hopes up. Latest Mets News Tim Healey of Newsday wrote an excellent piece on Rick Meinhold, the Mets’ new minor-league pitching coordinator. ZiPS released its projections for the 2020 Mets. Pete Alonso was named by MLB...
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