It’s February 15, 2022, and the latest MLB transaction is Adrian Gonzalez retiring from baseball. Gonzalez hasn’t played since 2018. The Major League Baseball lockout has shown no signs of coming to an end since they entered hiatus on December 1, 2021. The league and its owners sat on their hands for 60 days before offering a counter-offer to the Major League Baseball Players...
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Before December 2020, Major League organizations were not restricted whatsoever on the amount of minor league players they could have under contract. Now, Major League Baseball is seeking to significantly reduce the amount of minor league players again. As reported by Jeff Passan of ESPN, as part of the very contentious collective bargaining negotiation, MLB has proposed “allowing the...
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Good morning, Mets fans. Former Mets pitcher Matt Harvey will be the first witness called to the stand Tuesday morning in Day 6 of the Eric Kay trial. Tyler Skaggs texted Harvey asking for something to get “loosey goosey” in 2019. Kay is being accused of providing the late Skaggs with drugs before his death in 2019. Let’s get into this morning’s briefing. Latest Mets News...
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While Major League Baseball is on hold because of the lockout, Minor League Baseball will still go on as long as players aren’t on an MLB 40-man roster. That’s good news because now that the Super Bowl is in the rearview mirror, we need some type of baseball to help us think about spring being around the corner. Over at The Athletic, prospect analyst Keith Law helped us out with...
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Remember how hard it was for the New York Mets to find someone to run their front office way back in October and November? Part of it was because owner Steve Cohen and friends were shooting for the stars for some of the game’s most well-known executives, a tactic they tried — and were unsuccessful in executing — two offseasons in a row. While Billy Eppler has done a good job in...
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People have been asking us all winter what we’ve been doing to pass the time during the MLB lockout. I’ll tell you what we do here at MMO — we come up with ideas that not only help us stay busy, but will help you all stay busy, too. Talking about the best teams and/or players in New York Mets history is always a good debate to have — especially during the cold winter months — but what if we...
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