Major League Baseball responded quickly to the MLB Players’ Association’s 89-game, fully prorated proposal for a shortened 2020 season from Tuesday, confirming the creation of a counteroffer of their own on Wednesday. Per commissioner Rob Manfred’s statements on ESPN Wednesday afternoon, the league is preparing a counterproposal that will “move in the players’...
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The New York Mets have a new pair of admirers with awfully deep pockets. As exciting as that prospect is for this beleaguered fan base, we’ve heard this one before and should hold off on counting any chickens before they hatch. That being said, if anyone’s going to swoop in and save this franchise from decades of getting in its own way, the current owners of the NBA’s...
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First is was billionaire hedge funder, Steve Cohen. Then came power couple Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez. Now, as per Variety, the New York Mets have a new suitor in the potential sale of the team. The co-owners of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, Josh Harris and David Blitzer are rumored to be “among the suitors” for the Mets, though...
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Outside of their selection of right-hander Justin Dunn (Boston College) in the first round of the 2016 MLB Draft, the New York Mets have never made another 19th-overall pick in the 55-year history of the first-year player draft. Dunn, famously traded along with Jarred Kelenic – the Mets’ sixth-overall pick in 2018 – and three other players to Seattle for Robinson Cano and Edwin...
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Two-thirds of their way through a cross-country road trip, the New York Mets were making headway in their quest for a second consecutive postseason appearance. With their sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in the Gateway to the West, the Mets sat six games above .500 (28-22) and leapfrogged over Montreal for second place in the National League East. Five-and-a-half games separated themselves and...
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