Author: Nick Kalantzopoulos

Looking Ahead to the 2026 HOF Ballot

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were the three players selected Tuesday to complete the 2025 class of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Suzuki and Sabathia received the call from the Hall during their first year of eligibility and Wagner during his tenth and final, so naturally the next question is who can expect their phone to ring next year? In addition to those three players,...

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Mets Announce 2025 Giveaways

The Mets announced their 2025 promotional schedule Thursday. 32 different home games at Citi Field will include some sort of souvenir for fans. Among the more notable giveaways include a Juan Soto replica jersey and a Juan Soto bobblehead. Those will be handed out to the first 15,000 fans at the July 3rd game against the Brewers and the August 16th game against the Mariners respectively....

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Report: Mets Interested in Tim Hill

The Mets have reportedly checked in on lefty reliever Tim Hill, Tim Healey of Newsday reported. Hill appeared in 35 games for the Yankees in 2024, posting a 2.05 ERA and a 69% ground-ball rate after struggling with the White Sox and subsequently being designated for assignment. Hill also threw well in the postseason, pitching to a 1.08 ERA in 10 October games. His most memorable moment of the...

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MLB Bans Fans Who Interfered with Mookie Betts

The two Yankee fans who grabbed Mookie Betts’ wrist and glove as he made a catch during Game 4 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium have been banned “indefinitely” from attending MLB games, properties or events, according to Dan Martin of the New York Post. The Post obtained a letter from a league official to those fans, saying in part, “Your conduct posed a serious risk to the health and...

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David Wright Excited to Have Number Retired

David Wright and the Mets held a press conference for the first time since the team officially announced that it would retire his number 5 and put him in the Mets Hall of Fame during a July 19 ceremony at Citi Field. Wright began the press conference like he spent his entire 14-year career, with class, sending out thoughts and prayers to those in California (where he and his family now live) who...

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