Morning Briefing: MLB Nearing Layout For 120 Minor League Teams

Good Morning, Mets fans!

Let’s take a look at what went on around the league on Wednesday!

Latest Mets News

Anthony DiComo of MLB.com looks at the best Mets bench players of all-time.

Yesterday marked the anniversary of when Sid Fernandez recorded his 1,000 strikeout. (Tweet from Mets official account.)

Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic tells a magnificent story about Tom Seaver and Rick Monday.

Latest MLB News

The Chicago Cubs are taking paycuts and their employees have been guaranteed their jobs until the end of June, at least, per Jeff Passan of ESPN.

Major League Baseball put together a dream bracket for 64 historical teams to find out who had the best squad of all-time.

The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Kevin Kramer underwent hip surgery and should resume baseball activities in 4-6 months, per Jason Mackey of Post-Gazette Sports.

According to JJ Cooper of Baseball America, the MLB is expected to layout 120 full-season teams and cities with their leagues and affiliates in the near future.

MLB Pipeline posted their latest mock draft.

The Athletic posted a local TV MLB broadcast survey for subscribers to share their opinions.

Craig Calcaterra of NBC Sports reminisces on the best home runs in World Series history.

The Athletic conducted an MLB re-draft of the 2010 draft class.