Following Major League Baseball’s much-maligned “sliding scale” economic proposal to the MLB Players’ Association on Tuesday, per Andy Martino of SNY, an unspecified portion of players “met virtually on Tuesday” to mull over the league’s initial economic offer. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, MLB operations have been at a standstill since...
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We are not sure yet when (or if) baseball is coming back in 2020. But, as negotiations between the league and the Players Association increase, so do Dominic Smith and J.D. Davis’s workouts. On Wednesday’s episode of SNY’s The Cookie Club, the two spoke about their workout regimes and how they have upped activity. Davis, who was taken out of February 25th’s Spring...
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Controversial trades have become the trademark of Brodie Van Wagenen’s tenure as the New York Mets GM, as his first 18 months on the job have not exactly gone as planned. Van Wagenen has tried to take the same goal-oriented approach he perfected as an agent and translated that to the Mets front office. We need a closer and a bat in the middle of the lineup, so let’s get Edwin Diaz...
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We have all dreamed of stepping up to the plate in a major league game. You haven’t? Well, I have. And when I imagine that moment, I definitely think about which song would be blasting in the background, both to get me in the zone and to get the fans pumped. What would your walk-up song be? Laney Heartbreaker – Led Zeppelin Jack R. C Is For Cookie – Sesame Street Lindsay Sexy...
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There are times when it’s tough to be a Mets fan. Perhaps you remember when the Mets held a commanding seven-game lead with 17 games to play in 2007, and then collapsed to their rival from down the Turnpike. Or perhaps you recall 2008, when the Amazin’s held a 3.5 game lead in September with only 17 games to play, before becoming the first team ever to blow a 3.5-game lead in...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Yesterday, the MLBPA and MLB kicked off negotiations on how to start up the 2020 season. It was ugly. Latest on MLB’s Negotiations with the MLBPA Well, a lot happened yesterday. It almost broke Baseball Twitter. The first item to figure out: player salaries. Major League Baseball proposed a sliding scale of pay reductions. In layman’s terms, this means that...
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