According to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, former New York Mets’ outfielder Carlos Beltrán is rejoining the organization in a front office role. Heyman, at the time, explained that his specific role is unknown, but Beltrán was expected to serve under general manager Billy Eppler in some capacity. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com later confirmed that Beltrán’s role is ‘Special Assistant’ to the...
Updated Post – Dec. 30, 20:15 Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi talked to reporters on Friday night and Carlos Correa was a hot topic. Zaidi said that the Giants have had recent conversations with Boras but their understanding is that Correa is focused on a deal elsewhere. The Giants top baseball executive thought that the team had landed the new face of their franchise...
With Jacob deGrom receiving a five-year, $185 million contract from the Rangers, free agency is moving fast, according to Andy Martino of SNY. In an article for SNY, Martino also reported that Justin Verlander is “front and center” for the Mets. “Verlander is not a fallback plan for the Mets, who have been enamored by him throughout the free agent process,” Martino wrote...
Sources I talked to on Thursday, said that Rays vice president of baseball development Peter Bendix is on the Mets radar as they continue the search to rebuild their front office. Bendix, a Tufts University grad, has been in the Rays organization since joining them in 2009 as an intern. Bendix works with VP of baseball operations Erik Neander on the day-to-day functions of the Rays. Before his...
It’s no coincidence why Omar Minaya opted to fire Willie Randolph in the dark of night. He needed to hide in the shadows because he mishandled this situation from the start. He had to make sure that the news would come out so late that it wouldn’t appear on the front pages of newsstands all across New York, or glaring at us from our lawns and doorsteps when we stepped out of our...
Steve Popper of The Record had some interesting things to say in one of his recent articles regarding Willie Randolph and the Mets.The one that caught my attention was a quote where he cites fellow writer Bob Klapisch…Willie Randolph can’t consider a just-above-.500 record lucky. One person in the higher echelon of the franchise already told The Record’s Bob Klapisch last...
