Today I discuss the upcoming Rule 5 draft and whom the Mets could protect with Michael Mayer, executive editor of Metsmerized Online. We also outline top performers in the Arizona Fall League with Mike, and the changes that have been made to the Triple-A coaching staff. I round out the show by discussing the career of Carlos Beltran and John Harper’s article about the Mets new injury...
As if a Mets 6-0 win on Opening Day wasn’t enough to make fans grin ear-to-ear, it appears that Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden have rekindled their friendship and have made up over their summer feud. In a Sunday Instagram post from Strawberry’s account, the two beloved Mets are pictured together with the caption: “Truly Grateful For Awesome Friends Bringing Me And Doc...
After the 30 for 30 special entitled “Doc and Darryl,” many Mets fans came away from the documentary feeling that while Darryl Strawberry had turned his life around, many feared that Dwight Gooden had not. Many feared that trouble still lied ahead for the once great Met phenom. Unfortunately, as it turns out, those fears may not have been displaced. In fact, they were re-ignited when...
The sad tale of Jenrry Mejia came to a close Friday night, as reports flew in that Mejia had failed a third drug test in less than a year. Major League Baseball issued a lifetime ban to Mejia, joining only Pete Rose on their banned list of players. Mejia can seek a reinstatement after one year, but would have to sit out a minimum of two years before he could potentially be reinstated. Mejia, 26,...
It’s been an interesting last 24 hours on the Yoenis Cespedes front since the Baltimore Orioles signed Chris Davis to a seven year, $161 million dollar deal on Saturday. To begin, Jim Bowden of ESPN got the ball rolling this morning when he reported that the market for free agent Yoenis Cespedes is intensifying with as many as 10 teams now interested in signing the former Met slugger....
Daily News columnist John Harper believes the Mets should do something “eye-popping” and sign free-agent closer David Robertson. Harper is skeptical of the Mets closer situation and asks, “Do you really trust Jenrry Mejia?” He refers to Mejia and Jeurys Familia as a tightrope act and adds that even before Bobby Parnell got hurt he was far from a sure thing as a closer....
Bill Price of the Daily News lays out what he thinks it’s going to take for the Mets to trade for the bat they need. However, he also takes issue with some Met fans, pointing out that they’re the ones who might be gun shy, and not the front office. A week ago I suggested Murphy and/or Wheeler for Cespedes and was ripped a new one. John Harper today suggests Syndergaard for Justin...
Saturday night was not too kind to the struggling Curtis Granderson. The Mets right fielder went 0-for-4, striking out with the bases loaded to end the seventh and leaving the field to a chorus of boos. Ironically, it was supposed to be his day as the Mets gave out Granderson bobbleheads to fans who were in attendance. When he returned to the dugout, Terry Collins told Granderson he was pulling...
“It’s hard to see how we would actually match up,” a team official told Andy Martino of the Daily News when asked if the Cubs were ideal trade partners for the Mets.. The problem is that neither team is eager to part with its top prospects, and both would require a major haul to do so. In other words, the Mets will likely find the Cubs’ prices too high, and vice-versa. Martino provides two...
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com shares his take on Terry Collins and what he feels is an unrealistic expectation by Mets brass that the Mets are a 90 win team. Rosenthal says Collins was handed a roster laden with holes by Sandy Alderson and that he has put unfair pressure on his manager to get the job done. Collins agreed to a two-year extension at the end of last season, seemingly deferring...
On Thursday, Joe D wrote in a post: John Harper of the Daily News reported this morning that at a staff meeting a couple of days ago, Sandy Alderson told Mets executives and baseball personnel that he strongly believes that the ballclub can and maybe even should win 90 games this season. Also, according to people who were in the room, after Alderson’s decree prompted discussion about how to best...
Howard Johnson doesn’t buy into the cautious, passive hitting approached espoused by the Met organization. Johnson, the new hitting coach of Seattle’s Mariners and the former third baseman on the last World Series champions of the Mets, talked with the New York Daily New’s John Harper for a piece published in Wednesday’s edition. Ike Davis was the topic of conversation that brought Harper and...
