On Wednesday, Anthony Reiber of Newsday opined on why the New York Mets should promote longtime assistant GM John Ricco to the spot recently vacated by Sandy Alderson in the wake of his cancer recurrence. Reiber’s opinion on Ricco seems to be backed up by New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman (tried to hire Ricco in 1998), “All he’s done is gotten more experience and I’ve heard nothing...
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Las Vegas (36-44) 5, Tacoma (41-39) 2 Box Score Matt den Dekker DH: 2-for-4, HR, BB, .289/.338/.505 Jeff McNeil 2B: 2-for-4, HR, .338/.407/.616 Peter Alonso 1B: 0-for-5, .298/.425/.551 Den Dekker came off the DL with a bang, hitting a lead off homer for the 51s. McNeil slugged his 15th homer of the season and first for Vegas. Luis Guillorme walked and scored a run in his second game back with...
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Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (32-46) had an off day on Thursday after dropping their series with the Pittsburgh Pirates (38-42) a day prior. Latest Mets News The Mets will face off against the Miami Marlins (32-50) in South Florida in a series that can either keep the Mets in fourth place or send them into the National League cellar. The Mets will have Jacob deGrom (5-3, 1.69 ERA)...
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Before news broke on Tuesday of Sandy Alderson stepping away because of his health, most of the questions posed dealt with what the Mets should do with different players or how the Mets could possibly contend next season. While it may seem crass to some to address these issues, they are issues facing the Mets nevertheless, and given what has happened, there are very real questions about this...
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New York Mets prospect Jeff McNeil is in the middle of a breakout offensive season which earned him a recent promotion to the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s and only one step away from making his likely big league debut this year. McNeil, 26, is hitting .336/.405/.606 with 22 doubles, three triples and a career-high 14 homers between the Double-A Binghamton Rumbles Ponies (57 games) and the 51s (11...
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The Mets are operating today differently than how they have been for the last sevens seasons: with a three-man front office led by John Ricco, Omar Minaya, and J.P. Ricciardi instead. With only a month until the MLB Trade Deadline, the Mets are going to have to quickly decide how they would like to proceed and will have to answers sooner rather than later. Ricco spoke to the press before...
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