In order to bolster the back end of their bullpen for 2019, the Mets re-signed Jeurys Familia to a three-year contract last winter. Familia, 30, was shipped off prior to the trade deadline in 2018 to the Oakland Athletics as the Mets looked to sell off players with expiring contracts. However, the team re-signed Familia and had hoped to replenish their bullpen and give them a setup man for...
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On Saturday, Mike Puma of the New York Post reported that Luis Rojas is no longer being considered for the Mets’ managerial opening. Rojas, 38, is the son of Felipe Alou and brother of former Met Moises Alou and has been a coach in the Mets organization since 2007. Originally, Rojas was a coach in the Dominican Summer League that year, followed by a 2008 campaign where he coached with the...
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Prior to the 2019 season, the Mets sent a huge package to the Seattle Mariners in order to acquire lock down closer Edwin Diaz. However, upon coming to the Mets, Diaz didn’t quite live up to his 2018 season where he made his first All-Star Game and had a 1.96 ERA coupled with 57 saves. The first month of Diaz’s tenure with the Mets was solid, as he locked down eight saves and...
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What a decade for Mets baseball it’s been. In 2010, the team was still more or less trying to live off their success from 2006 and trying to make a postseason run. After that season ended miserably, the team decided to clean house, relieving general manager Omar Minaya and manager Jerry Manuel of their duties. Sandy Alderson was brought in to replace Minaya, and he tabbed Terry Collins as...
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Earlier this week, Mets’ outfielder Yoenis Cespedes celebrated his 34th birthday. On Twitter, his agency, Roc Nation Sports, tweeted a picture wishing the outfielder a happy birthday with the caption, “The comeback will be better than ever.” You can interpret that whatever way you want, but to me, it seems as though Cespedes is going to do everything in his power to return to...
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