What truly is an MVP? Is it the player who provided the most overall value to an individual team? The player who displayed the most prowess on a playoff-bound club? The player who rewrote the history books? Or is it the player who simply added the most value to his team’s win total, with respect to the club’s payroll? For small-market teams, it might be the latter. “Most Valuable...
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The Mets are “hoping for a return” of Chris Bassitt next season, according to a report from ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Passan reports that “behind-the-scenes action” could lead to Bassitt signing during baseball’s Winter Meetings that begin next week. Bassitt, who rejected the Mets’ one-year qualifying offer this offseason, lead the team with 181.1 IP in 2022....
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Released just two days before Thanksgiving, 2022 Bowman Chrome has finally come to the market with such an obnoxious amount of refractor parallels to chase that collectors may actually forget that the base set exists.Normally scheduled for a September release date, the 2022 product follows the tried-and-true formula with a 100-card base set of veterans and rookies and another 100 cards of...
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With all the trade rumors and free agent rumblings in baseball right now Mets fans are certainly focused on what the team will look like in 2023, but prospect Ronny Mauricio is hoping to force his way into those plans with a monster season in the Dominican Winter League. Mauricio, still just 21, went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer and a walk on Tuesday for the Tigres del Licey in their 5-3 loss...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Former Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly and the Toronto Blue Jays are in serious talks on a deal that would make the him the club’s newest bench coach, per Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Mattingly began managing the Marlins back in 2016 and led the National East team to one playoff appearance in his tenure with the team. The lone postseason appearance came...
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The Mets have interest in relief pitcher Tommy Kahnle, according to MMO’s Mike Mayer. Though Kahle has thrown under 14 innings over the last three seasons, “many teams” have shown interest in the righty. After tossing one inning for the Yankees in 2020, Kahnle needed Tommy John surgery. He returned with the Dodgers in 2022, but forearm soreness forced him to miss most of the...
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