With MLB free agency and the Steve Cohen era underway, each of the editors at MMO will be brainstorming their own offseason plan. We are planning as if we were the GM and have roughly $72M to work with (a huge increase from recent years). With Cohen taking over ownership from the Wilpons, the Mets are certainly going to have a lot more freedom and flexibility than they’ve had in recent...
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MLB released a list on Friday of 30 players (one from each team) of Rookie of the Year candidates for 2021. Minor league pitcher Thomas Szapucki topped their list for the Mets. It’s easy to see why he could be the Mets best candidate. He had an ERA of 2.37 while striking out 72, nearly posting a 3:1 K:BB ratio in the process. This was while returning to baseball after a 22-month rehab from...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News Dwight Gooden has been sentenced to a year of probation after being connected with a drug arrest in New Jersey back in 2019, according to the Associated Press. Rich Mancuso of MMO discussed this report by the AP. Latest MLB News Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated wrote about Melissa Ludtke and her struggles as a women in sports reporting, and just...
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Doc Gooden could not talk much Friday afternoon. He was enjoying valuable time in Orlando Florida with his grandchildren. The 1995 Cy Young Award winner with the Mets could not comment about a Thursday virtual hearing before a Superior Court judge. Basically, Gooden was placed on probation for a year stemming from a June 2019 drug offense. This was not leniency imposed on a New York sports...
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Steven Matz Player Data: Age: 29, R/L Primary Stats: 9 G (6 starts), 0-5, 30.2 IP, 9.68 ERA, 1.696 WHIP, 42 H, 33 ER, 14 HR, 10.6 K/9, 2.9 BB/9 Advanced Stats:44 ERA+, -1.0 bWAR, -0.7 fWAR, 7.76 FIP, 4.15 xFIP, .314 BABIP, 25.4 K%, 7.0 BB% Free Agent: 2022 2020 Salary: $5 million ($1.8 million prorated) Grade: F 2020 Review Damn. It’s been a long time since Grandpa Matz was cheering on his...
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The Miami Marlins announced on Friday that they’ve made baseball history hiring Kim Ng to be their next general manager. Ng becomes the first female GM in baseball, and also becomes the first Asian American GM as well. Ng is also believed to be the first woman hired to be the general manager by any of the professional men’s sports teams in the North American Major Leagues. Her...
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