OTD 1984: Mets Acquire Gary Carter From Expos

With this year’s offseason player movement activity on hold, let’s take a look back at a trade the Mets made at the 1984 Winter Meetings. On December 10, 1984, the Mets and Expos completed a five-player trade, with the Mets getting seven-time all star catcher Gary Carter in return for third baseman Hubie Brooks, outfielder Herm Winningham, catcher Mike Fitzgerald, and pitcher Floyd...

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Morning Briefing: Mets Finish First Round of Manager Interviews

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets have wrapped up their first round first round of interviews with six candidates. Now we await to see which candidates get a second interview. Latest Mets News Brandon Tierney of WFAN spoke to Mets pitcher Trevor May about the misconception of clubhouse issues last season. May denied any clubhouse issues during the season. The New York Mets have signed pitcher...

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The Six Mets Managerial Candidates

That title reads like a ’60s animated Christmas movie. But before the holidays officially arrive, the Mets will look to hire a manager as their players have been locked out by MLB owners during collective bargaining agreement negotiations. The team has reportedly interviewed six candidates before moving to a second round of interviews, which should commence as soon as tomorrow. Steve Cohen...

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Mets Manager Candidate: Matt Quatraro

Current Position: Tampa Bay Rays Bench Coach Age: 48 Managerial Experience: No MLB experience, four seasons in low Tampa Bay minors Matt Quatraro is a New York native, hemming from East Selkirk, New York a hamlet outside of Albany. Born in 1973, he was a right-handed first baseman/catcher at Old Dominion University from 1993-1996. Quatraro had an illustrious career at ODU finishing his career...

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Report: Dodgers’ Coach Clayton McCullough Interviews for Mets Managerial Job

Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough interviewed on Thursday for the Mets managerial opening. McCullough joins Brad Ausmus, Buck Showalter, Bob Geren, Joe Espada, and Matt Qautraro as the known candidates the Mets have interviewed this week to be the next manager. McCullough, 41, has been in the Dodgers organization since 2015. He was the...

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2021 Mets Report Card: Replacement Players

Unlike our previous report cards this offseason, the rundown on 2021’s replacement players will take a brief look at the players who had brief runs as starters on the team, but overall contributed sparingly. After season a disappointing second half of the season, it’s easy to forget that this group of “ReplaceMets” kept the team afloat and in first place in the NL East...

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