Updated Report – Nov. 19 at 13:10 Justin Willard has been officially named the Mets’ pitching coach for the 2026 season. He confirmed the news as a guest of the Baseball Isn’t Boring podcast. Original Report – Nov. 1 at 17:02 The Mets are closing in on Justin Willard as their pitching coach for the 2026 season, according to Will Sammon of the Athletic. Joel Sherman of the...
Newly inked slugger J.D. Martinez is expected to accept a minor league assignment, possibly to Triple-A Syracuse, as he begins his ramp-up for the 2024 regular season. Initially reported by Joel Sherman of The New York Post, Martinez and the Mets came to the understanding that there was likely not enough time between when he signed and the start of the season for the former Los Angeles Dodger to...
Despite the sour finish to both his own and the team’s season in 2022, it’s hard to call Max Scherzer’s first season in Queens anything but a rousing success. The three-time Cy Young Award winner finished with a career-low 2.29 ERA and 169 ERA+ in 145.1 IP while finishing the season at 38-years-old. Scherzer also brought a strong presence to the Mets clubhouse. Along with NL...
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen was a guest on the latest episode of The Show – A NY Post Baseball Podcast with Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman – on Wednesday and there were a lot of interesting nuggets to take from the interview. Cohen has been basking in plenty of praise from Mets fans as of late having successfully brought Old Timer’s Day back to Queens, culminating in a truly...
The Mets thought they were on the one-yard line with free agent starting pitcher Trevor Bauer on Thursday, but when Friday rolled along, he chose to take his talents to Los Angeles and join the Dodgers. According to a report from Joel Sherman of the New York Post, multiple sources informed the paper that at a point during the last 24 hours leading up to the deal, the Mets felt they had agreed...
According to Ken Rosnethal of The Athletic, Major League Baseball and the MLBPA agreed to a bubble for the MLB playoffs. This idea has been in the works for some time now and given the success of the NBA and NHL with the bubble format, it makes sense to do it. Rosenthal later added that families would be allowed to be part of the bubble. They must quarantine with the the player that they will be...
Updated August 24, 12 p.m.: Per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, the Mets will resume play Tuesday against the Marlins at Citi Field. The teams will play a twi-night doubleheader starting at 5:10 p.m., with the Mets as the home team for the first game and the Marlins as the home team in the second matchup. Original post: Mets baseball is back… again. According to Joel Sherman, the Mets have not...
On Monday morning, it was announced that the Marlins cancelled their game tonight following eight additional players (12 total now) and two coaches testing positive for COVID-19. Marlins’ CEO Derek Jeter released a statement on the outbreak. https://twitter.com/jareddiamond/status/1287775697935663110 Later in the morning, it was announced that the Yankees vs Phillies game in Philadelphia...
Good morning, Mets fans! Saturday marked another day closer to the 60-game 2020 season! Latest Mets News As owners of the Mets, the Wilpons have amassed quite a bit of loans throughout their tenure. Joel Sherman of the New York Post believes that both the Mets and Yankees have the most to prove in the shortened 2020 season. Latest MLB News MLB is not ruling out the possibility of fans in the...
As of mid-evening on Wednesday, the MLB and the MLBPA are still talking and appear to be nearing an agreement that would save the 2020 season. Commissioner Rob Manfred and Player Association representative Tony Clark met earlier in the day and the meeting was called productive. A few hours later, Manfred released a statement acknowledging the meeting with Clark. “We left that meeting with...
After paranoia was at an all-time high about whether there even would be baseball this season, things could finally be heading in the right direction. Baseball insider Jon Heyman was the first to report that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred flew to Arizona to meet with players union chief Tony Clark on Wednesday. Heyman reported that the two had a “productive meeting” in regards to...
The only way we are going to see a season played in 2020 is if the owners and the players can collectively bargain a deal that is satisfactory for both sides. The MLB was first to come up with a proposal to start the season, submitted their plan to the MLBPA 10 days ago. Now according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the MLBPA has come up with a counter proposal of their own that they have submitted...
