This baseball season, Rob Manfred will not be permitted to attend Bismarck Larks or Kalamazoo Growlers games. He may never recover. All jokes aside, Major League Baseball has reached an unprecedented tipping point. Disliking Manfred used to be something that was done relatively quietly or politely. He was certainly never the most beloved commissioner in MLB history, but people tolerated him...
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MLB has proposed an international draft in CBA negotiations, according to an article by Anthony Castrovince of MLB. The draft would be in place of the current signing system, which, as outlined by Castrovince, has Latin American kids making verbal commitments to baseball organizations as young as 12 to 14 years old. The minimum age for an international player to sign is 16, but kids are scouted...
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Selected with the second pick of the 1961 Expansion Draft, catcher Hobie Landrith would become the first official member of the New York Mets. When manager Casey Stengel was asked why the Mets selected Landrith above some other more notable players, he quipped… “You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely going to have a lot of passed...
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Friday afternoon, Buster Only of ESPN tweeted that the Major League Baseball Players’ Association is willing to go back the bargaining table with Major League Baseball, and re-open discussions about a 14-team postseason format. Sources: As the two sides look to jump-start the CBA talks, the union has approached MLB with an offer to re-open talks on the 14-team postseason field, with the...
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The 2021 season was one full of ups and downs for the Mets’ farm system. From the lows of Matt Allan’s Tommy John surgery and the Kumar Rocker debacle, to the highs of Francisco Álvarez’s Futures Game blast and the offensive explosion of Brett Baty and Mark Vientos, it was undoubtedly an interesting season for the Mets’ system. 2022 is shaping up to be much of the same...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The lockout continued to disrupt Major League Baseball on Friday, as two major news pieces came out about consequences of the work stoppage. Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported that MLB cancelled another week of spring training games, as they have now slashed games through March 18. This was the second straight Friday in which Spring Training games were cancelled due...
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