That title reads like a ’60s animated Christmas movie. But before the holidays officially arrive, the Mets will look to hire a manager as their players have been locked out by MLB owners during collective bargaining agreement negotiations. The team has reportedly interviewed six candidates before moving to a second round of interviews, which should commence as soon as tomorrow. Steve Cohen...
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Brad Ausmus kicked off the Mets’ first round of managerial interviews Monday, according to Jon Heyman. The former catcher with an 18-year MLB career is on a list of about five known candidates for the top dugout job, joining longtime manager Buck Showalter, Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro (whom the Mets requested to interview today and will reportedly interview as soon as Tuesday), Astros...
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Major League Baseball facilitated the use of two different kind of baseballs over the last two seasons without players’ knowledge, according to a report from Business Insider. “According to a new study by Meredith Wills, a Society for American Baseball Research award-winning astrophysicist,” the article by Bradford William Davis states, “the league used two distinct types...
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Following the press conference of Max Scherzer earlier this afternoon, the Mets will introduce their trio of signings from Friday in another presser this evening. Infielder Eduardo Escobar (two years, $20 million), outfielder Mark Canha (two years, $26 million) and outfielder Starling Marte (four years, $78 million) will all get a chance to talk to the New York media while flanked by general...
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Max Scherzer will be a member of the New York Mets, and he’ll make over $43 million dollars a year for the next three years while playing in Queens. Naturally, that kind of deal shoots a team’s payroll into meteoric heights. Multiple reports now have the Mets’ 2022 payroll at around $267 million to $268 million. That would clear the Mets’ highest Opening Day payroll by...
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