The Mets search for a president of baseball operations has lasted two seasons and will now go on to three. At the GM meetings in California this week, team president Sandy Alderson admitted that at this time the Mets are only looking to hire someone for the general manager position. Speaking for the first time since the end of the season, Alderson discussed the Mets front office and why some...
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Major League Baseball announced the finalists for MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, and Manager of the Year on Monday night. The winners will be declared across four nights starting Nov. 15 with the rookie of the year announcement and ending Nov. 18 with the MVP awards. Here are this season’s finalists: Rookie of the Year AL: Randy Arozarena (TB), Wander Franco (TB), Luis Garcia (HOU) NL:...
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The Mets announced they have extended qualifying offers to Michael Conforto and Noah Syndergaard. The one-year offer is worth $18.4 million. The deadline to make a qualifying offer is Sunday, Nov. 7 at 5 p.m. EST. Players have until Nov. 17 to decide if they will accept. Both Conforto and Syndergaard debuted with the Mets in 2015. Conforto has accumulated 15.7 WAR in seven seasons with the Mets....
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Boston Red Sox assistant GM Raquel Ferreira and Baltimore Orioles assistant GM Sig Mejdal are not interested on interviewing for a position with the Mets. Alex Spier of the Boston Globe was first to report Ferreira not interviewing for a Mets front office position. On Tuesday, MMO’s Michael Mayer reported that the Mets were unlikely to hire her. She has been with the Red Sox for 23 years and...
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Turns out it was neither rat nor raccoon. Six months later we have clarity on the Mets rat-raccoon altercation on May 7. The New York Post reports that Francisco Lindor grabbed Jeff McNeil by the throat and pinned him against a wall in the tunnel after frustrations boiled over from McNeil’s field positioning. According to the Post, the frustration had been building up over the course of...
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