Morning Briefing: Happy New Year's Eve!

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Good morning Mets fans! The MMO team wishes you all a Happy New Year!

Latest Mets News

The Mets completed the set-up for the 2018 Winter Classic at Citi Field.

Latest MLB News

Joel Sherman of the New York Post opines that the New York Yankees priority should be acquiring a second baseman, not a starting pitcher.

Jon Heyman of the FanRag Sports Network has the latest on the Christian Yelich and J.T. Realmuto trade front.

Latest NL East News

Jorge Castillo of the Washington Post writes about how Sammy Solis wants to prove that he is reliable to the Washington Nationals.

Kyle Downing of MLB Trade Rumors takes inventory of the Miami Marlins.

Mark Bowman of MLB.com reflects on the Atlanta Braves’ 2017 season.

Todd Zolecki of MLB.com does the same, but focuses on the top five positive moments of 2017 for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Latest on MMO

Chris Gaine argues that the Mets should not give up on Dominic Smith.

John Sheridan asks the writers about the Mets New Years’ Resolution in this MMO Roundtable.

Rob Piersall focuses on Ubaldo Jimenez in his Shopping at the Dollar Store article.

Piersall also debates if Zack Wheeler should be a starter or reliever going forward.

Mike Silva discusses the return of Omar Minaya in this edition of the Talkin’ Mets Podcast.

In a conference call with the editorial staff on Friday, Joe D. told us he woke up from a terrifying nightmare where he logged onto MMO and it was Mets Police.

“It was awful. I found myself irresistibly tempted to write about blue and orange boxer briefs I saw at Dollar General, while trying to perform unnatural sex acts with a game console to get more attention on Mets Twitter. I never felt more useless in my life.”