Good morning Mets fans! Good news on Wednesday as SNY’s Andy Martino reports there is optimism among teams and agents that there will be a baseball season in 2020.
Let’s look at what went on with the Mets and the rest of the league yesterday!
Latest Mets News
Mets star first baseman Pete Alonso and his wife have started the Homers for Heroes foundation, Anthony DiComo had the story on MLB.com.
Alonso joined Baseball Night New York to discuss this new foundation and advocate for the Mets to bring back their black jerseys this season.
On the 50th anniversary of Tom Seaver striking out the last 10 batters he faced in a 19 strikeout performance against the Pittsburgh Pirates, former Mets pitcher and current team broadcaster Ron Darling shares his favorite stories about the Hall of Famer on SNY’s blog.
Could Steve Cohen jump back into the bidding war for the Mets in the wake of the Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez news? (Story from AM New York).
Jeff McNeil hosted a live Twitch stream Wednesday night for his MLB The Show players league.
McNeil went 3-1 on the night and now leads the NL East with a 14-4 record. Jake Marisnick ended the night with a walk-off hit.
Mets radio announcer Howie Rose talked to Neil Best of Newsday about the void in his life without baseball being played.
Justin Toscano of The Record speculates on the future of Yoenis Cespedes.
Toscano also wrote about what we miss about the Mets, baseball, and the entire sports world as a whole.
New episode of The Cookie Club podcast with SNY’s Steve Gelbs and Mets players J.D. Davis and Dominic Smith dropped on Wednesday.
Latest MLB News
As a result of their Apple watch usage in 2018, the Boston Red Sox have been stripped of their second round pick in 2020, with their replay operator being banned until after 2021, while former manager Alex Cora will be banned until after the 2020 postseason for his seperate involvement in the Astros cheating scandal, per Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic.
Red Sox President and CEO Sam Kennedy released a statement regarding the organization’s punishment.
The interim tag will no longer apply to Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke in the 2020 season, per Joel Sherman of The New York Post.
Chad Jennings of The Athletic reacts to Major League Baseball’s final decision to discipline the Red Sox.
Derek Jeter may have to wait as decisions on this year’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony looms, per Kevin Kernan of The New York Post.
Baseball America analyzes Yankees pitching prospect Yoendrys Gomez.
Latest NL East News
Sad news, Braves All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman‘s cat was killed in a hit-and-run yesterday, per TMZ.
Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz talks recording his 300th strikeout on the day’s anniversary 12-years-later.
The Philadelphia Phillies twitter account released a tribute video honoring their cities great health care workers and law enforcement officials.
Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle joined Eireann Dolan on her talk show to discuss some good books to read during this stay at home order.
Latest MMO News
MMO’s twitter account spent the night live tweeting updates for McNeil’s MLB The Show stream.
Brian Wright looks back at Seaver’s remarkable 19 strikeout performance.
Jordan Baron reflects on Mets World Series champion closer Jesse Orosco, who he claims was the anchor of the 1986 team.
On This Day in Mets History
Jason Tyner and Henry Owens both turn 41. Duke Carmel is 83 and the late Warren Spahn would have been 99.
The Mets traded Paul Wilson and Tyner to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays back in 2000 for Bubba Trammell and Rick White.
Mets picked you the first win in franchise history with a 9-1 victory over the Pirates.
