According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, Terry Collins stated he met with Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson, and he expects the entire coaching staff to return next season. The 2017 season is the last season Collins is under contract as the Mets manager. Collins is the 20th manager in Mets history, and he has been the manager since 2011. Currently, he is the third longest tenured manager...
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Mets outfielder Michael Conforto may learn to play first base during Spring Training, Matt Ehalt of the Record reports. What does this mean for Lucas Duda or James Loney? The first baseman is arbitration eligible this offseason, and the Mets may choose to move past the Duda era. Duda appeared in just 47 games for the Mets in 2016, hitting a meager .229/.302/.412 with seven homers and 23...
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As Conor Gillaspie joined the ranks of Dave Henderson, Mike Scioscia, and Yadier Molina, all I was felt with was the feeling of “What if . . . ?” It was one of several questions, I have thinking about last night’s Wild Card Game. Not all of these are second-guesses, nor are they are particularly the reason why the Mets lost the game. Clearly, the Mets lost the game because...
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As an aspiring journalist, I’m trained to put forward a professional appearance. Whether in my radio sports updates at WAER or on my shifts anchoring sports shows at CitrusTV, I can’t overtly root for my Mets. But last night was different. Like most of you, I watched the game purely as a fan; and like most of you, I felt my heart drop to my stomach when Conor Gillaspie blasted that...
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Remember who got the game winning hit in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series? It’s one thing that is not often discussed because Jack Morris pitched a game so great that people cannot shake the idea that he should be a Hall of Famer. In the other dugout was a young right-hander named John Smoltz who matched Morris pitch for pitch. There were pivotal plays in that game you can point to as to...
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The New York Mets were defeated by a score of 3-0 Wednesday night at the hands of the San Francisco Giants in the NL Wild Card game. They have no reason to be down on themselves after going through a roller coaster of a season. This team was left for dead at 60-62 before a series against this very same Giants team had helped to give them a pulse entering the final weeks of the season. They were...
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