Good morning, Mets fans! Tech giant Apple is “in serious talks” with MLB to broadcast games, according to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post. However, before anything can become official, players and owners must come to an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. If it comes to fruition, Apple could be announcing in the Big Apple (among other places). Let’s get...
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Ever since it took the New York Mets approximately 85 years to find someone willing and able to work in the front office by hiring Billy Eppler as general manager, the process of acquiring talent has been much smoother. Once Eppler was officially on board, the Mets started spending a bunch of money to bring on guys like Eduardo Escobar, Mark Canha, Starling Marte, and Max Scherzer. And, they...
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Elian Soto, brother of Washington Nationals superstar Juan Soto intends to sign with the Nationals during the 2023 international free agent period, Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic reports. Sources confirm: Elian Soto will be a National. It will not be until Jan of 2023. (If there's not a draft.) Heard big brother Juan was a factor. First: @ByronKerr — Britt Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli)...
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If the MLB lockout has made you starved for any kind of baseball content related to the New York Mets, you’re in luck today, my friends. Dan Szymborski of FanGraphs is in charge of the ZiPS projections, and he started this week off by laying out what the systems had to say about the Amazins for the 2022 season. Before the official write-up dropped on Monday morning, he gave us a bit of a...
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It’s now day 39 since the MLB owners locked the players out. We are not aware of any planned negotiating sessions, though we have to hope that the two sides are at least making contact. Sometimes, when there is radio silence, it can be a good thing. It could mean each side realizes nothing good comes from the public airing of grievances, and an attempt at making silent progress is...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Rachel Balkovec, who was hired by the Yankees as a minor league hitting coach in 2019, will serve as the manager for the Low-A Tampa Tarpons next season, according to Lindsey Adler of The Athletic. Latest Mets News The Padres denied the Mets permission to interview Ryan Flaherty for their bench coach opening, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Cincinnati Reds...
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