According Jon Heyman of Todays Knuckleball, Yoenis Cespedes plans on exercising his opt-out clause as expected. He states that the Mets have kept “open dialogue” with Cespedes but doesn’t get the sense they are making a push for a deal prior to the opt-out. Two GMs that Heyman talked to said they could see Cespedes getting in the range of at least four years and $100 million....
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Coming off his worst major league season in 2015, Juan Lagares did little to settle the questions regarding his future role with the Mets in 2016. The biggest positive to take away from the 2016 season for Lagares was his return to being an elite defensive center fielder. He had an impressive 8 defensive runs saved in center this year despite playing only 325.2 innings. Unfortunately, Lagares...
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Bronx native T.J. Rivera visited his former high school today. Introduced by Mets GM Sandy Alderson, Rivera addressed the current students of Lehman High School, talking about his long and unlikely journey to the Major Leagues. While this is certainly a great story about the hometown kid making it to the major leagues, something Sandy Alderson said raised some eyebrows in the Mets news world....
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Despite the impression you may have gotten from the NL Wild Card game, the Mets have a great bullpen. The team’s bullpen ERA of 3.53 was the third-best in the NL, save for that dreadful game 163. And given the reality of post-Madoff life for the Mets, it’s safe to say the team won’t be breaking the bank on a big-name free agent this year. And even if they do, they’ll...
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Tonight is the rebroadcast of Game 7 from the 1986 World Series with coverage beginning at 6:00pm ET on 710 WOR. It will begin with a 60-minute pregame hosted by Pete McCarthy with insight from Wayne Randazzo, Josh Lewin and Howie Rose. It will also feature interviews from Mets players Jesse Orosco, Ray Knight and Keith Hernandez. Following that will be an introduction by Howie Rose then the...
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Miraculous as Game 6 of the 1986 World Series was, all it did was force a seventh and deciding game. Do you remember seeing the replay of Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk waving for the ball to stay fair in the 1975 World Series? That home run gave the Red Sox a thrilling 12-inning victory over the Cincinnati Reds in Game 6. That’s right. It happened in Game 6. Just like the Mets’ dramatic Game 6...
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