Morning Briefing: David Wright Elected To Appalachian League HOF

Good Morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday, MLB players reported to their camps for Spring Training 2, which means we are that much closer to regular season baseball games (woohoo)!

Yesterday was also the dreaded Bobby Bonilla day, starting in 2011, where he receives his annual payment of $1.19 million for 14 more years. However, as MMO’s own Mike Mayer pointed out, deferred payments are a common practice among an assortment of professional baseball teams.

Now, let’s take a look at some other news surrounding the Mets and MLB!

Latest Mets News

Mets hitting coach Chili Davis will work remotely for “precautionary reasons,” according to Mike Puma of The New York Post. Puma went on to report that Davis does not have virus but the Mets are being extra cautious as the hitting coach and former big leaguer lives in Arizona, where cases have recently skyrocketed.

The Mets signed Melky Cabrera for the same deal as the veteran took last year for $1.15 million plus incentives. But as MLB Insider Jon Heyman noted, Cabrera’s salary will be prorated along with everyone else’s.

Mollie Walker of The New York Post helps us relive the Wilmer Flores walk off home run against the Nationals in 2015 following the trade that didn’t happen.

Andrew Marchand of The New York Post helps walk us through a chaotic moment in Mets history between Bobby Valentine and Steve Phillips.

Howie Rose and Wayne Randazzo will host a Mets summer camp preview tonight at 7 p.m. EST. on WCBS 880 and will be joined by general manager Brodie Van Wagenen.

Justin Toscano of The Record tells us what we are getting in Mets second-round pick J.T. Ginn out of Mississippi State.

Toscano also walks us through how the Mets will confront each question mark surrounding the season.

Randazzo interviewed Michael Stahl, co-author of Bartolo Colon’s new book “Sounds From Seaver Way,” on the Mets podcast.

Former Mets captain David Wright was among the 18 individuals elected to the Appalachian League Hall of Fame.

The Brooklyn Cyclones released an official statement to their fans regarding the cancellation of the 2020 minor league season.

Latest MLB News

Commissioner Rob Manfred went onto The Dan Patrick show to say the league was never going to play more than 60 games no matter how negotiations went.

Tim Britton of The Athletic shares his reason to be pessimistic about the upcoming season and the effectiveness of its necessary health and safety protocols.

Several Yankees players arrived back in the Bronx yesterday for spring training 2 as manager Aaron Boone says the first official workout will be on Saturday, per The New York Post.

Minor League president Pat O’Conner told Baseball America that more than half of the MiLB teams will either have to sell or go “insolvent,” if they do not receive government help in the near future.

Baseball America’s J.J. Cooper breaks down the salaries of the minor league players who are on big league 60-man rosters.

As Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reported, the Oakland Athletics have added former Met Eric Campbell to their roster.

Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy went on 670 The Score to talk about the after-effects he is experiencing after having coronavirus. (Write up by Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic).

The one-and-only Alex Rodriguez pins the Tampa Bay Rays as his sleeper team in the 2020 season (tweet via Fox Sports: MLB).

Super agent Scott Boras joined The Starting 9 podcast to discuss a number of topics in the baseball world.

The Mexican league has officially been cancelled in 2020.