It’s a strange beginning to summer, with no Mets baseball to enjoy on the warm nights. With July on the horizon, let’s relive some Mets history. As Independence Day draws near, Mets fans often think about July 4th, 1985 in Atlanta. That night, Mets first baseman Keith Hernandez hit for the cycle. He also drove in three runs, as the Mets outlasted the Braves 19 innings. The game, that...
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Jacob Resnick joined Tim for an MLB Summer Camp primer! Sixty-man rosters are being set, schedules are being hammered out, and everyone’s pretty darn excited for baseball. The Mets made some depth moves on Monday, and Brodie Van Wagenen addressed the media for the first time in months. Jacob and Tim break it all down in the latest episode of Simply Amazin’....
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News The Mets announced that they have signed reliever Hunter Strickland, veteran Melky Cabrera, and infielder Gordon Beckham. The Mets have also announced that they have resigned Erasmo Ramirez and Ryan Cordell. All of these players will be added to the team’s 60-player pool. The Mets have officially signed second-round draft pick J.T. Ginn for $2.9...
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On Monday, the Mets officially signed their second round draft pick from the 2020 MLB Draft, J.T. Ginn, a right-handed pitcher out of Mississippi State University. Ginn was the no. 52 overall pick in the 2020 MLB Draft. He signed for $2.9 million (the value of the no. 52 overall pick was $1,403,200). The signing bonus is equal to the value of the no. 23 overall draft pick. Ginn, originally...
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In what might be the first wave of several to come, three major league players on Monday decided to opt out of the 2020 season and not play. The three are Ryan Zimmerman and Joe Ross of the Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Mike Leake. Zimmerman was the most vocal of the trio, writing a piece for the Associated Press detailing his decision not to play. “After a great...
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For the first time since the sports world shut down in mid-March, Mets General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen took questions from the media in a virtual briefing on Monday. Here are some of the big takeaways. Team health updates The Mets have had one player on their current 40-man roster and multiple minor leaguers test positive for the coronavirus, Van Wagenen said. It isn’t precisely clear...
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