Morning Briefing: World Series Resumes Tonight For Game Three

Good Morning, Mets fans! After the Rays tied the series with their 6-4 win on Tuesday, fans are gearing up today to see who will take the lead. Game three will be a matchup of the right-handers with Walker Buehler taking the mound for the Dodgers, and Charlie Morton for the Rays.  The game will be on at 8:08 EST and can be seen on FOX. Let’s go check out what’s been going on around...

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MLB Owners Expected to Vote on Steve Cohen Next Week

According to SNY, Steve Cohen’s final hurdle before officially taking the reins of the New York Mets — a vote among MLB’s other 29 owners — could take place as early as Wednesday next week. Earlier this week, Cohen, 64, had his $2.42 billion bid to purchase the franchise and its entities approved by MLB’s Ownership Committee by a 7-1 vote. White Sox owner Jerry...

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Report: Designated Hitter Might Not Stick for 2021

LaVelle E. Neal of the Star-Tribune Reports that the designated hitter position will be for the AL-only for the 2021 as of now. According to Neal, the the players union and MLB would only be able to continue the universal DH into the 2021 season through bargaining. Before the 2020 season the designated hitter position in the batting lineup only existed in the AL before being brought to the NL...

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Mets Shutout Again: Fifth Straight Year Without Gold Glove Finalist

Rawlings announced their Gold Glove finalists on Thursday afternoon, and for the fifth straight year no Mets were on the list. That is the longest current streak in Major League Baseball. American League Pitcher Griffin Canning, Angels Kenta Maeda, Twins Zach Plesac, Indians Catcher  Yasmani Grandal, White Sox James McCann, White Sox Roberto Pérez, Indians First Base Yuli Gurriel, Astros Matt...

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Trevor Bauer Wins Players Choice Award For Best NL Pitcher

Reds ace and soon-to-be free agent Trevor Bauer, has been given the Players Choice Award for Best National League pitcher. He beat out fellow finalist Yu Darvish and Jacob deGrom. Bauer led the National League with a 1.73 ERA, 0.795 WHIP, and led all of baseball with his 5.1 H/9 in the 2020 shortened season. The voting is done by the players, this year it was done in mid-September. Here are the...

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Examining the Second Tier of Free Agents

With the Mets a few votes away from having the richest owner in baseball, fans have been talking about the possibilities of signing top free agents C J.T. Realmuto, RHP Trevor Bauer, CF George Springer, and/or RHP Liam Hendriks. While I believe that the Mets will dig around the market for all four of top tier guys, I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect all of them. With that in...

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