There is momentum toward a deal but Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association are still apart in a few areas. With two hours to go until MLB’s second deadline, time is running out for a deal to get done without the cancellation of any games. Although if they are close there’s reason to think they’ll just move the deadline back until later tonight....
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The Mets added four members to their front office according to Tim Britton of The Athletic. The roles are: Jonathan Strangio as vice president of baseball operations Nate Horowitz as senior director of player personnel Nick Spar as director of baseball operations Steve Martone as a special assistant All four worked with Mets general manager Billy Eppler in Los Angeles. Eppler is adding his own...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Many baseball fans stayed up into the wee hours of the morning last night in anticipation of a potential deal between MLB and the MLBPA. Talks went on for more than 16 hours, until eventually the two sides decided to call it a night. All hope is not lost, though. As Jeff Passan of ESPN reported, there was enough progress made that they established a new deadline to still...
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Monday is MLB’s self-imposed deadline to strike a deal for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement so the 2022 regular season can begin as scheduled on March 31st. After a week of meeting every day in Florida, the chances of that happening are looking slim, no matter what some league insiders are reporting. There are still a few hours left to get a deal done before the proverbial buzzer, so...
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Look, there’s no way around it — today is going to be a tense one as MLB and the players union meet to negotiate a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. We’re just hours away from regular-season games starting to get canceled, and none of these thoughts are fun ones. With that said, I was wondering what we could talk about today that’d not only take our mind off the...
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Derek Jeter announced on Monday that he is no longer CEO of the Miami Marlins. According to Craig Mish of MLB Network, Jeter and the Marlins agreed to mutually part ways. The Hall of Famer is stepping down as CEO and shareholder of the organization effective immediately. Jeter was part of the new ownership group that purchased the Marlins in 2017. In a statement released Monday morning, though,...
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