The New York Mets finally have a general manager who is ready to engage with players on the free-agent market and potential trade partners. It only took about, what, 17 years for this to happen? Either way, the Mets’ offseason can finally begin, and not a moment too soon. Every team in baseball is operating with an eye on the Collective Bargaining Agreement expiring on December 1st and a...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Japanese slugger Seiya Suzuki is set to be posted today and the Mets are “entertaining” signing him, according to Dan Martin of the New York Post. Suzuki is expected to get a contract anywhere from three to five years and $7 million to $10 million per year. Latest MLB News Former Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard has brought his hammer to Los Angeles. Catcher...
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It’s almost a tradition as timeless as Pumpkin Pie on Thanksgiving Day. It’s a scene Mets fans have seen countless times before and not in a good way. In melodramatic fashion, there was Mets Hierarchy set to introduce yet another new Mets manager or general manager in what’s becoming a holiday tradition. The faces are always different but that scene always remains the same and...
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The early 1980s for the New York Mets were less-than-stellar in terms of wins and losses. However, slowly the pieces were starting to come together for the success the franchise would experience later in the decade. In January 1980, the team was sold from the Payson family to Doubleday & Company. The new owners promptly hired Frank Cashen to be general manager. In June 1980, Cashen engaged...
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Well, well, well. We finally have stuff to talk about here. After six weeks of rumors and lull in actual activity, the Mets hired a general manager, lost a player people widely expected them to keep and added a bundle of minor-leaguers to their 40-man roster. It was so busy, Luis Rojas getting hired by the Yankees as their third-base coach basically got swept under the rug. Let’s talk it...
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Trevor Story Position: SS Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 29 (11/15/1992) Traditional Stats: 142 games, .251/.329/.471, 34 2B, 24 HR, 75 RBI Advanced Stats: 100 wRC+, 3.5 fWAR, .341 wOBA Defensive Stats: 3.6 UZR, -7 OAA Rundown At 28, Trevor Story had his first season without Nolan Arenado by his side in the field and the lineup. Arenado made up for Story’s defensive deficiencies and meant opposing...
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