Betts and Lindor could both be dealt Buster Olney of ESPN is reporting that a high-ranking executive is predicting that both Mookie Betts and Francisco Lindor will be traded by their perspective teams this winter. The feeling is that Betts and Lindor will lose value as the season begins and they both get closer to free agency. Betts will be a free agent at the end of the 2020 season while Lindor...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News Eduardo Perez said that Yoenis Cespedes is hoping to be ready to play on Opening Day and claims his legs are healthy, but Cespedes hasn’t been given the green light to start running at full strength yet. Mike Puma of the New York Post spoke with Hall of Fame OF Reggie Jackson regarding the news that Steve Cohen will eventually be the majority owner...
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Right-handed pitcher Robert Person made his Major League debut with the Mets on September 18, 1995, and would allow only one run in 12 innings that year. The former 25th round pick would begin the 1996 season in the Mets bullpen. After seven relief appearances, he was sent to Triple-A to work exclusively as a starter. Mets called him back up in June and put the 26-year-old in the rotation. He...
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There are sports writers who did not cast votes for Babe Ruth. Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Mets great Tom Seaver were all first ballot Hall of Famers who voters found a reason not to vote for. Yogi Berra was not elected to the hall of Fame until the third ballot. While only Mariano Rivera has been a unanimous Hall of Fame electee in the 80 year history of the Hall of Fame, one of the more...
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Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports that the Red Sox have claimed right-hander Chris Mazza off waivers from the Mets. Anthony DiComo of MLB.com says that fellow right-hander Stephen Nogosek has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A Syracuse. The Mets had designated Mazza for assignment last Friday when they made the signing of right-handed pitcher Michael Wacha official. Nogosek was...
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Earlier this morning on MLB Network, former Mets managerial candidate Eduardo Perez said that Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes believes he will be ready for Opening Day (H/T to MMO’s John Flanigan for tweeting this out). Perez added that Cespedes has been hitting and although he claims his legs are healthy, he hasn’t been given the green-light to run at full strength yet. Perez...
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