According to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, right-handed reliever Dellin Betances has chosen to exercise his $6.8 million player option for 2021, keeping him in Flushing for at least another season. Betances, 32, signed a one-year, $10 million deal with the Mets last December after spending the first eight seasons of his career in the Bronx with the Yankees. His $6 million option escalated to $6.8...
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Late Friday afternoon, fans of the New York Mets received the news they’d been waiting to hear for ages. The Wilpon era in Queens had finally run its beleaguered course. Mirages of contention – for division championships, meaningful September games, and free agents, alike – and the free-falling spiral they took this proud franchise down over their final years at the helm became...
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Under new owner Steve Cohen, it appears the New York Mets could be employing a well-structured, “it takes a village” approach in constructing their new front office. According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, the Mets “will likely have a president of baseball operations and general manager” serving under former Mets GM Sandy Alderson, whom Cohen tabbed as team president...
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Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Major League Baseball full ownership group is scheduled to vote on Steve Cohen’s bid to purchase the Mets on Friday at 1:30 p.m. ET. We still don’t know exactly when New York City mayor Bill de Blasio will hand down his decision, though he said the evaluation process is “coming close to completion.” Original – Oct....
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According to Mike Mayer of Metsmerized, New York Mets left-hander Steven Matz has been training with former Mets pitching coach and longtime organizational fixture Phil Regan in Port St. Lucie, Florida this offseason. After a disappointing 2020 season that included the southpaw being demoted from the rotation and putting up a 9.68 earned run average (7.76 FIP, 4.11 HR/9) over nine appearances...
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