This offseason doesn’t pose much different concerns about the Mets’ finances than we haven’t seen before. Basically, again everyone is wondering how much they will (or won’t) spend. We have seen a willingness for general manager Brodie Van Wagenen to be aggressive (for better or for worse) by doling out short term deals to veterans and making trades by tapping into the...
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Just under a week ago, the Mets tabbed their new bench coach to work as new manager Carlos Beltran’s right hand man: Hensley Meulens. Meulens, 52, has been involved with professional baseball since signing with the New York Yankees as an undrafted free agent in 1985 out of Willemstad, Curacao. The outfielder didn’t see much success when he ultimately reached the majors in 1989. He...
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It was a rainy day sometime in the spring of 2001. I had a tee ball game behind the local high school before it was cut short due to a swift, strong downpour of rain. We were almost home before my dad realized he had left his mitt, a thoroughly broken-in, tan Rawlings with a fake George Brett autograph on the palm, at the field. We turned his 1988 red Jeep Grand Cherokee around, he grabbed it...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News Bradford William Davis of the New York Daily News analyzed the defense of Mets shortstop Amed Rosario. Vote for the Mets players you would like to be represented on the All-MLB team roster up until Dec. 10! Latest MLB News The owner of the Daytona Tortugas, Class-A advanced affiliate for the Cincinnati Reds, has a strong opinion on the idea of cutting 42...
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Did you ever notice that certain players that have toiled in the minors for a while tend to exhibit surges in production when they finally get a crack at the big time? It’s as if they had those hits stockpiled for the Show and can’t wait to get them out of their systems once fortune and the front office permits. So it seemed to be with Benny Agbayani, a stocky outfielder who physique evoked the...
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The MLB non-tender deadline is at 8 p.m. EST on Monday and with that, there will likely be many new free agents available and some trades will be made prior to that time. Most of the players that get non-tendered aren’t top-of-the-line players, unless if we are talking about Jonathan Villar who had a 4.0 fWAR in 2019. The Mets and many other teams could potentially find some good options...
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