Steve Cohen might be vacationing in Hawaii, but the Mets owner still had an early Christmas gift for Mets fans early Wednesday morning. After his deal with the Giants fell through, the Mets swooped in and reportedly will sign Carlos Correa to a 12-year deal worth $315 million. Correa joins the likes of Edwin Díaz , Justin Verlander, Brandon Nimmo, David Robertson, José Quintana, and Kodai Senga...
Based on the aggressiveness displayed by the New York Mets front office this offseason, it can be concluded that Steve Cohen is not intimidated by the increase in luxury tax payments that he will have to make. To contextualize what is facetiously called the ‘Steve Cohen Tax,’ other owners in the MLB quickly took notice of Steve Cohen’s abundant spending habits and decided to...
Does the current MLB playoff format need to change? Following the elimination of the 101-win Mets, Braves, and 111-win Dodgers some are questioning baseball’s current postseason schedule with both the 87-win Philadelphia Phillies and 89-win San Diego Padres as the two teams remaining in the National League. 2022 saw the unveiling of a new format that expands the number of teams and the...
No matter how many baseball games you might attend, each holds the possibility of seeing something never seen before. A player’s first career homer. A pitcher hitting a homer. Both are unique — the ladder more so now. Countless pitchers have a home run on their statistical ledger. One stands alone. Bartolo Colón was a terrible hitting pitcher even by hitting pitcher standards. Looking at...
