The Mets have committed to paying their minor leaguers a $400 stipend through the end of June, according to multiple reports. All teams have been paying the stipend in lieu of player salaries since professional baseball shut down in March, though the original agreement only covered players through the end of May. The news comes on the heels of the announcement that the Mets (as well as other...
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Theodore Roosevelt’s most famous quote is, “Speak softly and carry a bit stick; you will go far.” Lucas Duda must have that tattooed on himself because it perfectly sums up his time with the New York Mets. Sure, his big-league has spiraled from a production standpoint since New York traded him in 2017. And based off the impact COVID is having on the game, it could be hard for the 34-year-old to...
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When it rains, it pours, and it sure did pour for the 2009 Mets. The team only won 70 games, finished fourth in the NL East, and was plagued by injuries to most of their star players. They also missed an opportunity to keep an all-star reliever locked up for multiple seasons during his prime because they didn’t give him a chance to prove himself. That reliever was Darren O’Day. O’Day was signed...
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I always felt like Terry Collins got the short end of the stick. Sure, his bullpen usage was questionable. His lineup construction caused frequent head-scratching, yes. But I never felt that it was fair to throw the blame on Collins for having to trot out Jason Bay 175 times over two years or hand the ball to Rafael Montero over 50 times across four seasons. Any way you slice it, when Collins...
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Good morning, Mets fans! As Andy Martino of SNY reported, several players met virtually to discuss baseball’s economic proposal. As a result, Nationals Cy Young award winner Max Scherzer came out and tweeted last night that there is no reason to continue to engage with Major League Baseball’s owners about a reduced salary. He also implied that the owners economic landscape would...
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As the clock keeps ticking, Major League Baseball is no closer to a cohesive strategy or plan to begin the National Pastime. The battle has been reportedly contentious on both sides with the owners and players association lobbying offers and counter offers at each other like molotov cocktails. But late on Thursday night, one of the game’s biggest stars Max Scherzer, drew the proverbial red...
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