Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest on MLB’s Negotiations with the MLBPA Yesterday, The MLBPA sent a counter-offer to Major-League Baseball, continuing a ugly weeks-long debate between the two sides. In their latest proposal, the MLBPA proposed a season consisting of 89 games, pro-rated salaries, and an expanded postseason for the 2020 and 2021 campaigns. In addition, players would agree to...
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Four years ago today, the New York Mets drafted Pete Alonso, a player who has already risen through the ranks of baseball stardom by leaps and bounds in just one year in Major League Baseball. On June 9, 2016 the first baseman formerly known as Peter Alonso was watching the MLB Amateur Draft with his family in their Tampa home. As John Franco approached the podium to announce who the Mets...
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For decades, baseball managers have tried to find ways to add levity to their clubs. In a 162 game schedule, there will be times when stress is high and a manager is called upon to relieve the tension, or watch his team fall into the abyss of non-contention. In early June 1999, the New York Mets were not performing the way upper management had hoped. They had lost eight straight games and were...
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With the 2020 First Year Player Draft just around the corner, you can’t help but wonder who the Mets will take and if they will pan out. Prospects drafted into the New York Mets organization are entering a losing game, as only 14.8% of players drafted have made it to the major leagues. That number, however, does not take into account the round that the players were drafted in. If we look...
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The New York Mets have a new pair of admirers with awfully deep pockets. As exciting as that prospect is for this beleaguered fan base, we’ve heard this one before and should hold off on counting any chickens before they hatch. That being said, if anyone’s going to swoop in and save this franchise from decades of getting in its own way, the current owners of the NBA’s...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News According to Scott Soshnick of Variety, he co-owners of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, Josh Harris and David Blitzer are rumored to be “among the suitors” for the Mets. Anthony DiComo of MLB.com debunked the rumors that WFAN’s Boomer Esiason discussed involving Matt Harvey reaching out to the Mets about making a comeback....
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