The Mets will begin interviewing candidates for their general manager opening on Monday, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. Mets COO Jeff Wilpon and Assistant GM John Ricco are scheduled to conduct the first round of interviews. Though the Mets have not publicly released the names of each candidate, multiple reports name Kim Ng, Gary LaRocque, Doug Melvin, and DeJon Watson as four of...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The MLB postseason continued to roll right along on Sunday. In the early game, the Brewers punched their ticket to the NLCS and finished off the series sweep with a 6-0 Game 3 win over the Rockies in Denver. In the night cap, the Braves extended their season one more day. In front of their home crowd, a Ronald Acuna grand slam and Freddie Freeman go-ahead RBI single...
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In the fourth inning of Game 2 of the ALDS, Ron Darling said there was a “chink in the armor” referring to how Masahiro Tanaka was losing his control. Of course, this would lead the New York Daily News to say Darling “used a racial slur.” This is completely dishonest reporting, and it is surprising a newspaper which trades in words, language, idioms, and common vernacular...
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The Mets are headed into an offseason that is going to require a lot of roster maneuvering in order to fill all of the holes needed to build a contender. As of now, it appears the team needs at least two or three new relievers, a right-handed bat (at some position), a catcher, and potentially a legitimate center fielder. In order to fill the first need correctly, the Mets will need to bring in a...
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Kim Ng, who grew up in Queens, is scheduled for an interview to be the next general manager of the New York Mets. Ng, 49, is currently the highest-ranking female within Major League Baseball. She has held positions within the front offices of the WhiteSox, Yankees, and Dodgers, where she served as high as Vice President and Assistant General Manager beginning in 2001. At the moment, she is...
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There’s nothing that drags on longer than an MLB offseason. And if you’re in as pivotal of one as the Mets are, it’ll probably feel like it takes even longer. The Mets find themselves in the brink of contention in a division destined to be baseball’s worst next season. The Nationals seem primed to lose Bryce Harper to free agency, the Phillies played the worst baseball in the league...
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