The Mets have announced that they mutually agreed to part ways with manager Carlos Beltran. This comes after many rumors and speculation over his status and involvement in the latest cheating scandal, and follows the firings of Jeff Luhnow and AJ Hinch as well as the mutual parting between Alex Cora and the Red Sox. Below is a statement from Mets COO Jeff Wilpon and Mets Executive Vice President...
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The Mets and the city of Port St. Lucie held on a press conference on Thursday to change the address of the Mets Spring Training home to 31 Piazza Drive. The change is to honor former Mets catcher and Hall of Famer Mike Piazza. Piazza was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016 and the Mets retired his No. 31 later that year. Long-time radio voice of the Mets, Howie Rose was the...
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MLB Pipeline has rated Mets prospect Francisco Alvarez as the fifth best catching prospect in baseball. Alvarez, 18, received the largest signing bonus the Mets have given to any international free agent. He would back that up by hitting .312/.407/.510 with 10 doubles, seven homers, and 26 RBI in 42 games between Gulf Coast and Kingsport. In terms of his bat, not only was Alvarez rated the fifth...
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Jessica Mendoza became the first Mets employee to comment on the Astros sign-stealing scandal on Thursday when she appeared on the Golic and Wingo Show. Mendoza, special assistant to Mets’ GM Brodie Van Wagenen, called out whistleblower Mike Fiers during the interview, “to go public with it and call them out and start all of this, it’s hard to swallow.” The Mets hired Mendoza...
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The findings from Major League Baseball’s investigations of the Houston Astros’ 2017 cheating allegations have already resulted in two managers losing their jobs, and as fate has so drawn it up, a bomb has fallen in the Mets’ lap with their own skipper. The fallout surrounding the infamous camera-trashcan relay system (we’ll call it that for now) began surely...
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Mets fans, sports media, and anyone who enjoys sports – today is about Mike Piazza. Let’s not take that away from him. Everyone has been talking about the cheating scandal since punishment was announced on Monday. During these past few days, two managers involved in the scandal, AJ Hinch and Alex Cora, have been fired by their organizations. Is Carlos Beltran next? He shouldn’t...
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