Good morning, Mets fans! General manager Billy Eppler and manager Buck Showalter discussed the Mets coaching staff in a press conference on Monday. Eppler and Showalter also discussed struggles meeting players during the lockout and their confidence in the 2022 team. “This club is well-positioned now as is, but it can always be better,” Eppler said. “I know we’re good.” Let’s get into this...
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Folks, could we be seeing a light at the end of the lockout tunnel? Unlike their first meeting, which took place via Zoom, MLB and the MLBPA met in person on Monday in Manhattan and based on the following report from Yahoo! Sports writer, Hannah Keyser, it didn’t go terribly: MLB and the Players Association will meet again tomorrow. The pace has officially picked up. — Hannah Keyser...
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The New York Mets officially have their MLB coaching staff in place for the 2022 season. They’re so excited about it that both general manager Billy Eppler and manager Buck Showalter wanted to speak with the media about it on Monday afternoon. Well, maybe they were excited and maybe they weren’t, but with the lockout still in effect, there isn’t much else to do at the moment,...
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We’re not exactly sure when the New York Mets will actually take the field for the 2022 season yet thanks to the lockout, but whenever they do, the club officially has a full coaching staff ready for it. And on Monday at 1 pm ET, general manager Billy Eppler and manager Buck Showalter are going to talk about that. New York officially named its full coaching staff on Friday, with the...
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Steve Trachsel might not have been the hardest-throwing pitcher or one with the best stuff on a staff, but the sixteen-year right-hander made up for it with his ability to take the ball every fifth day and provide consistency. From 1996 through the 2004 season, Trachsel made 290 starts, which was tied with Brad Radke for the fourth-most in baseball. Trachsel’s 1,775 1/3 innings pitched...
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If you listen closely, you can hear the silence. Major League Baseball’s owners and its players have spoken just once (over Zoom) in the 53 days that have passed since the owners imposed the current lockout. Maybe more importantly, the silence is permeating the fans, as the baseball chatter normally ramping up at this point in the offseason has been reduced to a low simmer, essentially...
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