Mets manager Luis Rojas joined a video call with SNY on Thursday morning, answering questions with the press and providing updates as camp begins. Rojas said that the Mets will officially begin camp tomorrow, but they will be staggering sessions among three separate groups so that too many players aren’t working out together at the same time. This is all in an effort to be...
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Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that Major League Baseball will announce the 2020 schedule next week. Heyman notes that the Players Union has signed off on the schedule and it’s just awaiting teams to make final requests. We do know that the season will kick off on July 23 with the Yankees up against the Nationals. The defending World Series champs will host the game in primetime. The...
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The sale of the Mets appears to be progressing quickly. According to Charles Gasparino of Fox Business, Allen & Co. has established July 9 as the date that bids for ownership of the New York Mets should be received. Gasparino reports that potential buyers may include a group led by Alex Rodriguez (this group would also have Vitamin Water founder Mike Repole and current Florida Panthers owner...
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Eric Orze, RHP Ht: 6’3” Wt: 185 DOB: 8/21/97 (22) Bats/Throws: R/R School: University of New Orleans, Louisiana 2020 Stats: 19.2 IP, 22 H, 5 BB, 29 K, 2.75 ERA, 1.37 WHIP Background The final selection of the Mets’ 2020 Draft was Eric Orze, a right-handed pitcher out of the University of New Orleans. Orze’s path to the draft was a lot more difficult than most would have expected....
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The upcoming MLB regular season is forcing us to view baseball differently than we have in the past. There will be designated hitters everywhere, extra innings will start with a runner on second base, and the postseason field will be decided with 102 fewer games being played by each squad. Since we’re so conditioned to think about baseball as a 162-game schedule, it’s easy to get...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday, MLB players reported to their camps for Spring Training 2, which means we are that much closer to regular season baseball games (woohoo)! Yesterday was also the dreaded Bobby Bonilla day, starting in 2011, where he receives his annual payment of $1.19 million for 14 more years. However, as MMO’s own Mike Mayer pointed out, deferred payments are a...
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