The shareholders of the Syracuse Chiefs have approved the sale of the franchise to the New York Mets for $18 million per Syracuse.com. New York will acquire the team from the Community Baseball Club of Central New York Inc. and have committed to keeping the Chiefs in Syracuse at least through the 2025 season, the duration of the current lease to play in NBT Stadium. The Mets have one year left...
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Last night was the MVP announcement. Giancarlo Stanton and Jose Altuve won the MVP in their respective leagues. Altuve beat Judge 405 votes to 279 votes. Stanton edged out Joey Votto by a mere two points. Votto was better than in terms of Stanton in BB%, K%, BA, OBP, wRC+, singles, doubles, WPA, stolen bases, and DRS. As you can tell, I believe Joey Votto should have won the MVP. It is not...
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The deadline to make a decision on the qualifying offer was 5:00 p.m. ET time on Thursday and all nine of the players that received one also declined it. Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain, Jake Arrieta, Wade Davis, Lance Lynn, Alex Cobb, Greg Holland and Carlos Santana decided to decline the one-year, 17.4 million deal in favor of free agency. If the New York Mets were to sign one of the...
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Veteran pitching coach Dave Eiland was one of the very first names connected with the New York Mets once they decided that Dan Warthen was not going to return to the team in 2018. Mike Maddux went to the St. Louis Cardinals, Chris Bosio to the Detroit Tigers, Jim Hickey to the Chicago Cubs and some fans started wondering what the Mets were waiting for. Though the Mets didn’t officially add...
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Infielder T.J. Rivera is hoping to be ready for Opening Day next year when the New York Mets play the St. Louis Cardinals on March 29 at Citi Field. Rivera, 29, underwent Tommy John surgery in September after the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow snapped. “Me personally, I’m looking to be ready right around the beginning of the season. If there’s no setbacks,...
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New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson has indicated that any outfielder that they acquire this offseason will also play first base. However, he also noted that the Mets will consider adding a player that plays only first base. The Mets have already shown interest in free agent Carlos Santana, who has played mostly first base over the past three seasons with seven games in right field last...
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