The New York Mets are receiving interest in center fielder Juan Lagares according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag Sports. Heyman also reiterates that the Mets areas of need are outfield, second base and at least one more reliever. Lagares will make $6.5 million in 2018, $9 million in 2019 then has a $9.5 million for 2020 that has a $500,000 buyout. The free agent market for center fielders still...
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No one has played more games in a New York Mets uniform than the 1853 that Ed Kranepool did from 1962 up until 1979. Up until 2012, Kranepool led the Mets in hits with 1,418 before third baseman David Wright passed him. “I had a 30-year slump,” Kranepool joked as he talked to Wallace Matthews of The New York Times, “and David caught me.” That turns out to be the only light-hearted part of the...
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Well, lot of news stories to get to surrounding the Mets and major league baseball. Latest Mets News Joel Sherman of the NY Post thinks the Mets will have about $10 million left to spend in the offseason. Mike Puma of the NY Post says that Fred Wilpon is irate about the Yankees and their free spending ways. Me too Fred, I think we have directed our anger in different directions. Anthony Dicomo...
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Mets owner Fred Wilpon reportedly blew a gasket after learning that the crosstown Yankees had acquired Marlins superstar Giancarlo Stanton, according to a report by Mike Puma of the New York Post. “Fred is pissed every time the Yankees make a move,” said a person who speaks to Wilpon regarding baseball matters. “And he always seems surprised.” What irks Wilpon the most is the Yankees’...
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On this date in 2009, the New York Mets had signed knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to a minor league deal with an invite to major league camp. Dickey was coming off a season for the Minnesota Twins in which he had a 4.62 ERA, 1.62 WHIP and pitched almost exclusively out of the bullpen. The former 1996 first round pick had pitched in the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners and Twins...
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The New York Mets announced that pitchers and catchers will report on Feb. 12 of 2018. Position players will report on Feb. 17 with the first workout scheduled for the 19th. The Mets begin their Grapefruit League schedule on Feb. 23 against the Atlanta Braves at First Data Field. Single game tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday, Jan. 13 at 10 a.m. Spring schedule includes 14 games...
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