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Good morning, Mets fans!
The lockout continued to disrupt Major League Baseball on Friday, as two major news pieces came out about consequences of the work stoppage.
Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported that MLB cancelled another week of spring training games, as they have now slashed games through March 18. This was the second straight Friday in which Spring Training games were cancelled due to the lockout.
Kiley McDaniel of ESPN reported that pro scouting has officially been shut down. This could lead to drastic changes to free agency and trades. This also led to an interesting new debate regarding the negotiations: the Rule 5 draft. McDaniel reported that MLB teams are asking to do away with the Rule 5 draft in 2022, which could have massive implications on younger players.
Keep up with the latest on the lockout by following the MMO lockout thread.
Latest Mets News
Jacob Resnick of SNY posted a video of Mets pitching prospect Joel Díaz tossing his specialty curveball at Spring Training.
Mets Vice President of Media Relations Jay Horwitz wrote a memoriam for the late Shannon Forde.
Doug M of Mets Minors wrote a profile on Mets number 12 prospect Simon Juan.
Mike Ozanian of Forbes Magazine reported that Citi Field, thanks to Steve Cohen, yielded $153 million in revenue in 2021.
Latest MLB News
Jarrett Seidler of Baseball Prospectus wrote on the possibly catastrophe that awaits prospects because of an abnormal season.
There will be a special this Tuesday on MLB Network for the women on the field in baseball.
The Kalamazoo Growlers, a Summer Collegiate Baseball League team, banned Rob Manfred for life from their games.
Three minor leaguers; Luis Baez, Sonny Vargas, and Bernie Martinez, were all suspended for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.
Latest on MMO
An MMO Fan Shot was written on a present-day look at the Jarred Kelenic trade.
Patrick Glynn wrote on the four reported owners that opposed increasing the luxury tax to $220 million.
MMO writers participated in a roundtable on when they think the 2022 season will start.
Michael Mayer took a look at his personal Mets #35-31 prospects, featuring two possible future major league relievers.
On This Date in Mets History
2020: The Mets announced that they will retire Jerry Koosman‘s #36. The original date to retire for the ceremony was to be in the summer of 2020, but that ended up being pushed back to the summer of 2021.
Koosman was a major piece of the 1969 World Series champion team, as he held down the fort in the rotation behind Tom Seaver. Over 12 seasons in Queens, Koosman tossed over 2,500 innings, and had an ERA of 3.09.
Let’s go Mets!
