The Mets continue to seek additional starting rotation help. According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, the Mets along with the Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago White Sox have interest in former Atlanta Brave, Mike Foltynewicz. The right-hander recently threw in front of teams at Georgia Tech. Heyman tweeted on Saturday that Foltynewicz appeared to be in fine shape, but was topping out...
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Updated 2:54 PM EST Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times confirms that Major League Baseball’s below-referenced proposal to the Players’ Association includes the adoption of the universal designated hitter for the 2021 season. Per Shaikin, confirming Brown’s report below, MLBPA union representatives and MLB players are discussing the league’s proposal this weekend....
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New York Mets prospect, Carlos Cortes continues to shine in the Australian Baseball League with the Sydney Blue Sox. Cortes, who was hitting .345 entering game one against the Canberra Cavalry, continued to hit the ball wall, going two for three, with a monster home run, knocking in two run and scoring a run for the Blue Sox, who defeated the Canberra Cavalry 3-1 in game one of a two-game...
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With the news that former Met Daniel Murphy is retiring from baseball, it would only be fitting to take a walk down memory lane and revisit Murphy’s top five moments as a New York Met. Murphy played a total of seven seasons with the Mets, hitting .288/.331/.424 in 903 games. Most notable, of course, was his 2015 postseason performance that ultimately propelled New York to the World Series....
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I would like to publicly apologize to anyone I may have hurt by something I tweeted out this afternoon and since deleted. Earlier today, I posted a tweet based on information I had learned about a former Mets employee. Because of the nature of the information, I felt strongly that the best course of action was to not be silent and pass it along, but I now regret doing so. I let my emotion and...
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With all due respect to James McCann, he’s no Mike Piazza. On this Shoebox Memories, the chosen subject is from the 2003 Topps Stadium Club set produced by Topps in November 2002, just in time to be given as gifts under the tree. While most sets are released the following year with stats and pictured from the previous season, this set contains stats from 2002, during which Mike Piazza...
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