Speaking with Tim Healey of Newsday, New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen seemed eager to turn the page after a mostly tumultuous offseason in Flushing. Following a litany of dramatic sagas this winter — Carlos Beltran’s historically-short tenure as Mets skipper, the current regime’s now-familiar modus operandi of minimal action on the free-agent market, and most...
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Mike Mayer and Michelle Ioannou of MetsMerized joined Tim Ryder on the latest episode of Simply Amazin to discuss the deterioration of Steve Cohen’s proposed purchase of the New York Mets, what comes next for this beleaguered organization, and how much we all need baseball to start up again. All good things in all good time… If you enjoy the show, please be so kind as to subscribe...
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Hours after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred cast a pessimistic shadow on a potential sale and two days after the New York Post’s original report of the deal falling apart, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported on Thursday evening that the proposed sale of the New York Mets to billionaire hedge-fund manager Steve Cohen is “dead, completely kaput”. Cohen, 63, agreed to purchase 80...
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This fan base has been through so, so, so much. It doesn’t matter how old you are. If you root for this team, you’ve experienced heartache first-hand as a direct result of it. Well, friends, the New York Mets have gone and done it again. Or so it would seem. According to sources via the New York Post, billionaire hedge-fund manager Steve Cohen is close to pulling out of the deal that...
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Following a wholly expected 57-105, last-place finish in the National League East last season, the Miami Marlins underwent a major overhaul this winter. Whether it results in a more productive 2020 campaign is anyone’s guess, but things can’t get much worse. Gone are core pieces Curtis Granderson (retired), Neil Walker, Martin Prado, Wei-Yin Chen, (all via free agency), and Starlin...
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