While the Mets’ decision to trade the likes of Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Tommy Pham, and Mark Canha, Dominic Leone, and David Robertson may be what’s best for the team’s long-term future, it was undoubtedly a blow to the morale of the 2023 club. Ahead of Tuesday night’s loss to the Royals, two of the Mets’ leaders, Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor, spoke...
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Tuesday’s MLB trade deadline was a tough pill to swallow for many Mets’ fans. The team parted with two future Hall of Fame pitchers as well as several other useful veterans, officially punting on the 2023 season, and making it so they will have a lot of work to do to be relevant in 2024, as well. However, the organization also completely reset its farm system, bringing in as many as...
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It goes without saying, but Jeff McNeil has been having a nightmare of a season,. The 2022 major-league batting champion enters Wednesday slashing just .250/.324/.324 and has been unable to get any momentum going. However, Tuesday night was a positive for the Mets’ second baseman. McNeil not only recorded two hits, his first multi-hit game since July 2, but he managed to collect multiple...
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Despite reiterating that Billy Eppler (and Buck Showalter) are safe for at least the remainder of the season, he also said during Wednesday’s press conference that the team still planned on hiring a President of Baseball Operations at some point. Steve Cohen said he still hopes to hire a president of baseball operations, and that Billy Eppler knows that. “At some point, we will fill that...
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During an over 20-minute press conference on Wednesday, Mets owner Steve Cohen had a lot to say about how the season has gone, the status of Buck Showalter and Billy Eppler, how he plans on approaching the trade deadline, and more. Showalter and Eppler’s Status Among the biggest news from the press conference was direct confirmation from Cohen that both Buck Showalter and Billy Eppler will...
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