According to multiple sources, Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard will not be pitching for Team USA in this year’s World Baseball Classic. Thor, 24, had a phenomenal season for the Mets in 2016, making his first All Star Team while going 14-9 with a 2.60 ERA. In 183.2 innings he struck out 218 batters and walked only 43. He finished 8th in Cy Young voting and 19th in MVP voting. When asked, his...
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Former Mets pitcher and current Las Vegas 51s pitching coach Frank Viola was a finalist for the Orioles pitching coach position. Fortunately for the Mets, the Orioles went in another direction. According to the Baltimore Sun, the Orioles have hired former Mets reliever and recently fired Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell to take over for the recently retired Dave Wallace. Viola, 56, will now...
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Gary Cohen has signed a multi-year contract with SNY and will remain the Mets play-by-play man for years to come. Cohen, 58, has been the play-by-play man since SNY came into existence, and is nominated for the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award in 2017. The Mets broadcast team is one of the best in the business, with Mets greats Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez also on SNY, and Howie Rose...
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Matt Holliday Position: 1B/OF Bats: Right – Throws: Right Born: January 15, 1980 (36 years old) With the St. Louis Cardinals not picking up his 2017 option, Matt Holliday finds himself a free agent this offseason. It was an easy choice for the Cardinals to turn down the $17.2 million option because Holliday has been injury prone the past few seasons, including a broken thumb this year,...
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( Photo Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports) The Chicago White Sox are reportedly on the verge of a fire sale as we approach the winter meetings that will take place beginning December 5 in Washington D.C. MLB Trade Rumors takes a look at all the potential players that may be available to interested teams, some of which can notably help the New York Mets. Relief help could come in the form of...
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According to a report in the NY Post by Mike Puma, sources believe that Yoenis Cespedes will command a five-year deal on the open market and receive it. With Cespedes being the most attractive free agent available this offseason, it seems he may have teams right where he wants them to garner the contract he feels he deserves. The question now becomes if indeed the Mets are willing to go the...
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