Good morning, Mets fans! Saturday was a good day for the Mets. They made 21 international signings, including three especially highly touted ones, as Metsmerized covered here. They also finally found their bench coach, bringing back old friend Glenn Sherlock. Latest Mets News Jeff McNeil and his wife Tatiana announced on Instagram that they are expected. “Baby Boy McNeil” is due in July 2022....
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Glenn Sherlock, who served as a third base coach and first base coach for the new York Mets from 2016-2019, is returning to Queens to serve as the Mets’ newest bench coach. Jon Heyman of MLB Network was the first to report the news on Twitter. Sherlock comes back to the Mets after spending the past two seasons on the Pittsburgh Pirates’ coaching staff. He was hired by the Pirates in 2019 to...
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The Mets announced 21 international signings on Saturday. The group is highlighted by Dominican outfielder Simon Juan, who was ranked as the 14th-best international prospect by Baseball America. Other notable names include center fielder Willy Fañas and shortstop Dangelo Sarmiento. “It’s an exciting day for the New York Mets to congratulate and welcome these talented young men to our...
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Set to enter a pivotal 2022 campaign, the New York Mets are expected to face a handful of tough decisions once this current lockout concludes, could one of them revolve around second baseman Robinson Cano? Given that Cano is coming off his second PED suspension – his first one cost him 80 games in 2018 – and has largely been considered an afterthought for most of this off-season,...
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Mets fans, episode 19 is here! This week’s show is a busy one with both Patrick Glynn and former MMO standout turned current Mets writer for SNY Jacob Resnick joining Mike and me for some great conversations about the announcement of Keith Hernandez number retirement, Jacob and Mike play a little game of “either/or” with some Mets prospects and much more! Before Jacob was an up...
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To commemorate the announcement of Keith Hernandez’s number retirement this July, here’s a revised excerpt from my book “The New York Mets All-Time All-Stars,” released in February 2020, and how a June 1983 trade from St. Louis became a deal to remember in franchise history. He knew what everyone else did in 1983: Shea Stadium was a major-league abyss. When Hernandez got...
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