Good morning, Mets fans!
The Mets announced Friday a partnership with Samsung, making them Citi Field’s “official display and technology solutions partner.”
The partnership is going to bring a multitude of changes to Citi Field and the display of the game. There are supposedly going to be many new things added to the stadium, some of which being new ribbon boards, more than 1,300 televisions throughout the ballpark, and a larger and enhanced scoreboard.
Most of these changes are going to be implemented for the 2022 season, while some, like the scoreboard, will be changed for 2023.
Some additional things that were mentioned in the announcement. The first were televisions throughout the stadium that will have over 100 channels of content. The other may be one of the more underrated things from the announcement: “Double the number of slow-motion replay systems and three times as many cameras for increased game coverage.”
That will change the instant replay game at Citi Field, which will likely increase the precision of replay reviews.
Latest Mets News
A.J. Martelli of the Poughkeepsie Journal wrote an article where he spoke to former colleagues of Mets managerial candidate, Matt Quartaro.
Mets pitching coach Jeremy Hefner was on the latest episode of FanGraph‘s Beat the Shift Podcast.
Pat Ragazzo of Sports Illustrated wrote on what a potential Brandon Nimmo extension could look like for the Mets.
Latest MLB News
Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic reported that David Macias is to be the next Padres first base coach.
Sam Blum of The Athletic wrote a story on how the family of the late Nick Adenhart is happy that Noah Syndergaard will wear his number.
Latest on MMO
Nate Mendelson wrote on Friday being the day of Buck Showalter‘s second interview, and the final managerial interview for the club.
Mendelson also showed the shockingly close comparison in pitching delivery between Pedro Martinez and Jacob deGrom.
An MMO Roundtable is written on whom everyone would choose to be the next Mets manager.
Nate Mendelson, who had a busy day Friday, wrote that Jacob deGrom is the most searched player in South Dakota on Baseball Reference.
On This Date in Mets History
2012: Mets acquire outfielder Collin Cowgill from the Athletics. Cowgill only spent half a season in New York. However, he provided the Mets with an incredible opening day moment in 2013, when he hit a grand slam to ring in the new season.
2015: The Mets re-sign starting pitcher Bartolo Colon to a one-year, $7.25 million contract. 2016 turned out to be his final season in Queens, and it also was his best. Big Sexy hit his home run in 2016, and pitched to a 3.43 ERA, the second best of his career, over 34 games.
Let’s go Mets!
