By John Sheridan Once again, the Mets enter the offseason looking for a center fielder. Just like last year, there aren’t many options on the free-agent market. Things become more complicated with rumors the Mets don’t have much money to spend this offseason, and the team having traded away a number of good prospects last year, the options are limited. This means the Mets may have to...
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By Marshall Field On Tuesday, September 24, it was announced that former New York Mets pitcher, Jerry Koosman, will have his number 36 retired in 2020. No date for the ceremony has yet been announced. To most Mets fans, especially in this generation, Koosman is part of a familiar idiom, Seaver and Koosman, denoting the excellence in pitching the Mets had during the late sixties and seventies....
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American League Wild Card • Wednesday, October 2, 2019 • 8:09 p.m. • Oakland Coliseum Tampa Bay Rays (96-66) vs. Oakland Athletics (97-65) Charlie Morton (16-6, 3.05 ERA) vs. Sean Manaea (4-0, 1.21 ERA) The Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers will battle for the National League Wild Card Tuesday night. The winning team will advance for a chance to take the NLDS crown. Rays Lineup Yandy...
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By Josh Finkelstein Neil Best of Newsday reports that the New York Mets saw the fourth-highest attendance increase during the 2019 season which increased by 217,537 fans to 2,442,532 people as part of the paid attendance. That increase was only lower than the Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres, and Philadelphia Phillies while Best notes that the New York Yankees actually saw a decrease in fan...
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In this episode of Simply Amazin’, Gotham SN’s Andrew Claudio and MMO’s Tim Ryder hand out end-of-the-season hardware in a number of categories. Pete Alonso and Jacob deGrom’s exploits are discussed, as are a number of key Mets cogs who made an impact (or lack thereof) in 2019. You can find Simply Amazin’ anywhere you listen to podcasts and please be sure to leave a...
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By Joe D. Good Morning, everyone. I wanted to put together an offseason planner for your convenience. I also included important offseason dates to remember. Essentially what follows is a summary I compiled of our 2020 Payroll Commitments, our own exclusive Arbitration Projections and Key Departures. Guaranteed Contracts Yoenis Cespedes – $29,500,000 Jacob deGrom – $25,500,000...
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