With Steve Cohen’s Mets ownership coming closer and closer with all the MLB owners voting next week, Jeff Wilpon held a Zoom call on Monday with Mets employees. Was it a farewell call? Not officially. But at least one person on the call said it “definitely was a goodbye” according to Sportico Editor-in-Chief Scott Soshnick. During the video call, Wilpon spoke about the Mets...
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Per a club announcement, the New York Mets have claimed infielder Robel Garcia off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds. García, 27, spent the shortened 2020 season at the Reds’ alternate site as a member of the 40-man roster after being claimed off waivers in July from the Chicago Cubs, who had designated the switch-hitter for assignment days before opening day. His only big-league action...
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Miraculously, as I write this, we are only a few days away from the completion of the 2020 Major League Baseball season, one that many people never thought would start, let alone finish. From the petty and antagonistic “negotiations” between MLB and the MLB Players Association, to the constant reminder of the real risks of COVID-19, everything was up in the air until the last moment....
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke to reporters on Monday morning, touching on the reports that his office would have a legal right to look at Steve Cohen’s bid to buy the Mets. Joe Pantorno of AMNY provided the quotes, “This is something our law department is evaluating, we’re going to get to a resolution on this very quickly.” It was reported last week by Bob Nightengale of USA Today...
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Steve Cohen continues clearing the necessary hurdles to officially purchase the New York Mets. As it currently stands, a new era in Queens is on track to turn from dream to reality shortly after the conclusion of the World Series. Wild, right? Many of us never thought this day would come. It still doesn’t feel real at times because dealing with the bologna of the Wilsons was ingrained in my mind...
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According to Mike Mayer of Metsmerized, New York Mets left-hander Steven Matz has been training with former Mets pitching coach and longtime organizational fixture Phil Regan in Port St. Lucie, Florida this offseason. After a disappointing 2020 season that included the southpaw being demoted from the rotation and putting up a 9.68 earned run average (7.76 FIP, 4.11 HR/9) over nine appearances...
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