Update, 11/15/2021 at 7:31 PM EST According to SNY’s Andy Martino, Epper is expected to become the Mets’ general manager. Joel Sherman noted that the contract details are “nearing the finish line,” and he also brought up Eppler’s close relationship with Brewers executive David Stearns. The way it was described to me is that Billy Eppler is nearing the finish line to...
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The Mets’ offseason kept chugging along this week, highlighted by the GM Meetings in California. Though no signing or trades came during the meetings, there was plenty of bulletin-board material with regards to comments from Sandy Alderson to rumors abound. GM Meetings The GM meetings were this week from Tuesday to Thursday, and Sandy Alderson brought Ian Levin, Bryn Alderson and others to...
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Authored by Mets Minors writer Steve Sica Arizona Fall League Brett Baty went 1-for-3 with a double and scored twice as the starting third baseman for Team East in the Arizona Fall Stars Game. Baty was driven in twice by eventual game MVP, Marlins prospect JJ Bleday. The highlight of the night for Baty was an opposite field double in the fifth. He was later driven in by Bleday in what would...
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Major League Baseball’s qualifying offer deadline was at 5 p.m. on Sunday. We already knew the Mets administered offers to Michael Conforto and Noah Syndergaard, as they announced the news Saturday night. There were also a handful of players that would obviously get a qualifying offer. However, when the deadline came around Sunday, there were also a couple players who surprisingly either...
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Similar to last week when we looked at who the Mets could try to trade for from the Oakland A’s, at it seems like they’re going to start selling off some of their (in their eyes) more expensive pieces, let’s do the same for the Cincinnati Reds this week. Let’s get this started with the lack of ambiguity from the Reds’ front office. In a statement regarding the trade...
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