NL East Positional Rankings: Bullpens

Assuming the baseball season will start at some point, we can surely count on the NL East being one of the more tightly-contested divisions in the league. To get a better sense as to where the Mets’ roster stands, we will be offering positional breakdowns and rankings of each team in the division. Today, we’ll be taking a closer look at each team’s bullpen. As unpredictable as...

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Van Wagenen: Mets Letting Players Decide Next Steps

Brodie Van Wagenen spoke with reporters on a conference call on Saturday and told reporters that the team is encouraging players to decide with their families what the next course of action for dealing with COVID-19 should be for each of them. “We are encouraging our players to make the right decision for them, that this is bigger than Opening Day,” Van Wagenen said. Van Wagenen went...

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Bernie Madoff Hoping For Early Release From Prison

CBS New York reports that Bernie Madoff has requested to speak to a judge in order to make a “dying, personal plea” for early release from prison. Madoff, 81, is currently serving a 150-year sentence for a Ponzi scheme that saw him lose $17.5 billion given to him by investors. He has said and the Bureau of Prisons has agreed that he has less than 18 months to live due to kidney...

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Who Says There’s No Crying In Baseball?

I looked up at my parents. My mom gripped my dad’s arm, patting his back lovingly. My dad stood, gazing down, dabbing his eyes. My family made the somber journey to the cemetery on Long Island a few times during the year, usually around the Jewish holidays and always on Father’s Day. I followed my father’s sight-line, reading the inscription on the marble gravestones. I had no memory of my...

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Morning Briefing: Jerry Seinfeld Not Interested in Buying Mets

Good morning, Mets fans! Unfortunately, we no longer know how many days there are until opening day, but baseball will come back soon! Latest Mets News The New York Mets released a statement regarding MLB’s decision to postpone the start of the 2020 season due to the coronavirus, stating that they are focusing on their ticket policy for those who have purchase tickets to the impacted games...

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Donovan Mitchell Sr. Tests Negative For COVID-19

Per a tweet from David Lennon of Newsday Sports, Mets’ front-office employee Donovan Mitchell Sr. has tested negative for COVID-19. Mitchell’s son, Utah Jazz star, Donovan Mitchell Jr., was confirmed to have the coronavirus earlier this week. Mitchell Sr. has worked for New York for the last couple of decades as the Mets’ director of player relations and community engagement....

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