The New York Mets announced today that the club will play two exhibition games vs. the Chicago Cubs in a rematch of the 2015 National League Championship Series at Cashman Field in Las Vegas on Thursday, March 31 and Friday, April 1. The Mets will be making their third appearance at Cashman Field, home of their Triple-A affiliate, the Las Vegas 51s. New York’s last played in Las Vegas in 2014...
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The Billion Dollar Boys Club? Not that it would have happened anyway, but Boston’s blockbuster signing of David Price Tuesday means there won’t be a trade of Matt Harvey to the Red Sox for shortstop Xander Bogaerts and outfielder Mookie Betts or Jackie Bradley. I was onboard for such a deal, and the Price signing only affirmed my reason. The cost for Price is $217 million over seven years....
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According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, bench coach Bob Geren is leaving the Mets to join the Los Angeles Dodgers coaching staff in the same bench coach position. Geren interviewed with the Dodgers last month for their open managerial position before they settled on Dave Roberts. He has worked with current Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi in Oakland, where Geren was the manager and Zaidi worked with...
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Tyler asks… Why is Jon Niese still on this team? They should have traded him two years ago but now it’s even more important to get rid of him and put that $9 million dollars to better use. Thoughts? Dr. Dooby replies… The frequent calls to trade Mets left-hander Jon Niese to pick up some payroll flexibility are somewhat perplexing and even misguided. Most teams need 9 or 10...
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Idiotic. Moronic. Clueless. These are just a few adjectives that some fans have used to describe Terry Collins’ job as a manager. These are also the terms that we need to throw out of the lexicon when it comes to talking about the job that he has done here. When the 66-year old Collins was hired by the Mets before the 2011 season, there was reason for optimism. The team had fired GM Omar...
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Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Passan is hearing from clubs involved in the Ben Zobrist pursuit that the high demand now has his price tag sitting at four years and $60 million dollars and that it will likely go even higher than that. As many as 20 teams have engaged Zobrist according to a report by Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, so it’s no big surprise that his deal could blow away all the...
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