Good morning, Mets fans! In an offseason that has seen many high-level trades, another one seemed to be on the precipice as Nolan Arenado was potentially being moved to the Houston Astros. However, the platinum glove winner used his no-trade clause to stop those trade talks dead in their tracks, per Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. Houston is looking at other third-base options as their All-Star at the...
Good morning, Mets fans! While everyone has all of their attention on the Juan Soto sweepstakes, which seem to be heating up, the Yankees are still keeping their eyes on the pitching market. The club in the Bronx officially spoke with both top free agent pitchers, Max Fried and Corbin Burnes, via Zoom this past week, per Mike Puma of the New York Post. Reportedly, nine team officials including...
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman was asked Tuesday if Pete Alonso’s name came up in his talks with agent Scott Boras, who represents the slugger. “Yeah, sure he did,” Cashman told reporters. “So there’s a lot of high-quality players in this marketplace and certainly Pete did an amazing job with the Mets. And so, had a brief conversation with Scott … he...
Good morning, Mets fans! MLB teams are closely monitoring Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and this Saturday, at least two general managers or heads of baseball operations will be in attendance to watch him pitch for the Orix Buffaloes. Among those in the crowd will be Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, an unidentified GM, and Yankees vice president Tim Naehring, who is highly regarded by GM...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Let’s take a look at what went on with the Amazins’ and MLB yesterday! Latest Mets News Mets manager Luis Rojas spoke to the media via Zoom, where he touched on several topics including the discussions they’ve had with Amed Rosario about playing third base, Seth Lugo preparing to potentially start or pitch out of the bullpen, and more of Dominic Smith...
The Mets general manager situation is in disarray right now with it being apparent that Sandy Alderson almost certainly will not rejoin the club this season and very likely will never re-assume the role with the team again. As a result, the Mets are currently employing three people to be responsible for his duties, as John Ricco, Omar Minaya, and J.P. Ricciardi are all operating as co-general...
While not clearly saying it, New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman indicated on Monday that the Yankees are not planning to aggressively pursue New York Mets free-agent second baseman Daniel Murphy. Cashman said that the Yankees already have Rob Refsnyder and Dustin Ackley as second base options. Both of them are offensive-minded players. ‘I think if we’re going to pursue something...
Joel Sherman of the New York Post posted a Top 5 list ranking the best managers and baseball executives and I took a look to see what he came up with. Not only did the Baseball Maverick fail to make his top five, but he wasn’t even listed among the five honorable mentions either. I’m guessing Sherman won’t be getting any holiday card from Sandy next December. 1. Brian Sabean,...
When my dad taught me about something called Baseball in 1973 and introduced me to a team called the Mets, it was life-altering for this 7-year old. I’d learn to write cursive, get out of second grade, and eventually, when I grew a little taller, I’d replace Rusty Staub in RF. My whole life was planned out. As I fell in love with the Mets, I developed an unbridled hatred for the Yankees....
Ok, I admit, I did my best Quagmire impersonation the other night, in spite of my better angels trying desperately to keep me in check. Not even Charlie’s Angels could keep me from succumbing to the dark side when I saw the best team money could buy get brutally swept by the best thing to come out of Detroit that wasn’t bailed out by the government. It’s one thing to get to the American League...
I wanted to update this Pedro Feliciano/Brian Cashman post now that Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen had a chance to weigh in, as did Feliciano himself. Warthen actually got a kick out of Cashman’s comments that he “abused” Feliciano and sort of mocked him. “They didn’t know that when they signed him? That was part of the reason we decided to not re-sign him —...
While the rest of the bullpen was largely ineffective today, Jason Isringhausen was perfect in his inning of work. He continues to enhance his chances of making it onto the big league roster. Terry Collins said, “If he’s healthy and he can throw with the velocity we know he can have and the breaking ball and his experience, I think he’s got to be certainly one of the...
