Good morning, Mets fans! We could be starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel as Major League Baseball is discussing the idea of starting the season in mid-May/early June and playing all games in Arizona.
Let’s check out at what went on surrounding the Mets and the rest of the league on Wednesday.
Latest Mets News
Ron Darling has a March Madness type pitch for the 2020 season, as he wrote in an article on SNY’s site.
Justin Toscano of The Record writes about why closer Edwin Diaz must bounce back in 2020.
Bobby Valentine joined Moose & Maggie to talk about the infamous play from the 2000 World Series where Roger Clemens threw a broken bat in the direction of Mike Piazza.
The Mets twitter account wished their All-Star Jeff McNeil a happy 28th birthday.
McNeil joined his teammates J.D. Davis and Dominic Smith on The Cookie Club podcast a guest.
The late Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter would’ve been 66-years-old on Wednesday. (Tweet from Mets twitter account).
Former Met and SNY analyst Todd Zeile says he wants the team to bring back their black uniforms. (Tweet from SNY).
Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors looks back at the July 2015 trade that almost sent former Mets Wilmer Flores and Zack Wheeler to the Milwaukee Brewers for Carlos Gomez.
Latest MLB News
Dr. Fauci and other government officials have given positive feed back to the MLB’s proposed Arizona idea. However, Andy Martino of SNY believes the next obstacle to work around is the scrutiny this proposal brings with it.
Dr. Krutika Kuppalli shared her concerns of baseball’s Arizona plan with the New York Daily News.
WFAN’s Sweeny Murti and Ed Coleman discuss the Arizona plan and also reflect on the life and career of Hall of Famer Al Kaline, who passed away this week.
Former Mets skipper and current Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway provided an update on Shohei Ohtani, who he says should be able to start throwing off a mound soon.
Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic spoke with Callaway about how he’s helping the rest of the Angels pitching staff stay ready for the season.
Retired Texas Rangers All-Star Josh Hamilton was indicted on felony injury to a child charges.
Jeff Todd of MLB Trade Rumors discusses the 2014 trade when the Angels acquired pitcher Vinnie Pestano from the Indians in exchange for an unknown prospect at the time, who later turned into All-Star pitcher Mike Clevinger.
Baseball America breaks down the Dodgers unique player development system in their organization.
Latest NL East News
Bryce Harper wants the Phillies to keep catcher J.T. Realmuto long term, per Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports.
Latest MMO News
Ryan Finklestein thinks rushing the start of the regular season would be a mistake.
Tim Ryder discusses the 2000 Mets first series back in the United States when they took two-of-three from the Padres.
Marshall Field looks at the Top 5 seasons from a Mets second basemen.
On This Day in Mets History
1965: The Mets claimed Greg Goossen on waivers.
Birthdays: Jerry Hinsley (75), Graeme Lloyd (53), Eric Campbell (33)
Stay safe everyone, and Let’s Go Mets!
