On January 7, 1992, Tom Seaver was elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame along with Rollie Fingers. Seaver was elected with 98.8% of the vote in his first year of eligibility, which was the highest percentage for any player at the time (Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, and Ken Griffey Jr. have since been elected with higher percentages). So much has been written about Seaver, especially...
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When Steve Cohen bought the Mets, it was no secret that the Mets would soon be looking to make a big splash. One year ago today, the Mets completed the first blockbuster trade of the Cohen era when they acquired Francisco Lindor from Cleveland. The Mets received the star shortstop and Carlos Carrasco for Andres Gimenez, Amed Rosario, Isaiah Greene and Josh Wolf. Lindor had been one of the...
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Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that Reds’ game planning and outfield coach Jeff Pickler is a candidate for the Mets’ bench coach position. Rosenthal notes that there’s other candidates and the Mets are still going through the process. Pickler, 45, has been with the Reds organization since 2019 in his current role. The former 11th round pick of the Brewers spent the 2017...
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It has been 37 days since MLB’s owners locked the players out, in a move Commissioner Rob Manfred termed “bad for business”, but a step to “drive the process forward for a new agreement now.” The two sides have not met since mid-December, and have not discussed core economic issues since December 1. So far, the lockout has not achieved its desired endpoint....
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Good morning, Mets fans! In a move that no one expected, former major league third baseman Eric Chavez jumps cross town to join the Mets as their new hitting coach. Chavez, who was hired as the Yankees assistant hitting coach, was allowed to interview for the position as it was for a promotion from the position he was hired for just two weeks prior. Michael Mayer has more on this story. The Mets...
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Joe Kelly Position: RP Bats/Throws: R/R Date of Birth: 6/9/1988 (33) Traditional Stats: 48 G, 2.86 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 50 K, 15 BB, 44 IP Advanced Stats: 0.7 WAR, 10.2 K/9, 3.08 FIP, 144 ERA+ Rundown Joe Kelly was drafted in the third round of the 2009 MLB Draft out of the University of California by the St. Louis Cardinals. The right-hander was mainly used as a starter early on in his minor and...
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