With Wayne Randazzo accepting a position with the Los Angeles Angels, the New York Mets hired Brooklyn Cyclones radio announcer Keith Raad to join Howie Rose on WCBS 880 for the 2023 season. Raad was kind enough to agree to an interview to discuss his journey: MMO: Congratulations on being named one of the New York Mets radio announcers for the 2023 season. Certainly, this must be a dream come...
The Mets offseason finally feels complete. According to the Boomer and Gio show on WFAN, Keith Hernandez will be back in the broadcast booth for the 2023 season. Hernandez confirmed the news on Instagram. Hernandez has been in the SNY broadcast booth for 17 years alongside Gary Cohen and Ron Darling. At the conclusion of the 2022 season, Hernandez’s contract with SNY expired. Hernandez,...
Good morning, Mets fans! Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that the television home of the Mets, SNY, and Keith Hernandez have made progress on talks and are not far apart on a multi-year deal. Puma reports that while the sides are close, there’s still a lot of work to be done before a deal is signed. Now onto the morning briefing! Latest Mets News Steve Cohen and the New York Mets...
The Athletic’s Keith Law released his list of the top 20 Mets prospects heading into the 2023 season. Law was very kind in his opening statement about the depth they’ve been able to build in the minor leagues after a certain GM did so much to gut the system. For trading away as much talent as the Mets have in the past four years, they still have a pretty robust farm system thanks to...
While the New York Mets have become a win-now team in recent years, they have done a good job in making sure that hasn’t hurt the prospect depth in their farm system. In his latest organizational rankings for The Athletic (subscription required), Keith Law has the Mets ranked as the 15th-best farm system in baseball. This comes after Law had five Mets prospects ranked inside his Top 100 prospect...
Gary, Keith, and Ron are a staple of Mets broadcasts and have been part of the identity of Mets fandom since 2006. However, with spring training only weeks away, it’s not a guarantee that GKR will be reuniting for the 2023 season. The New York Post’s Mike Puma reported Wednesday that there was “still a gap” between SNY and Keith Hernandez in contract talks for the...
Keith Law of The Athletic has released his annual Top 100 prospects, and as usual, he shows he is the most bullish on the New York Mets organization out of all the prospect ranking outlets. In fact, Law has ranked five Mets among his top 100. In making his rankings, Law notes he does not consider players from the KBO in his rankings even if they are rookie eligible. As a result, you will not...
Good morning, Mets fans! Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that Keith Hernandez remains unsigned despite recent negotiations with SNY for the former Mets star to return to the booth for Mets games. Puma notes that he expects talks to pick back up after the New Year, but didn’t give us a percentage estimate of how likely a deal was. Latest Mets News Mets announce that their annual...
The Baseball Hall of Fame announced the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot. In the common vernacular, it’s time for the Veteran’s Committee to vote on what is a highly controversial ballot likely to induce controversial results. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Curt Schilling are some of the most controversial players to ever appear on the ballot. Their respective controversies led to...
Keith Hernandez was born on October 20, 1953 in San Francisco, CA. As he celebrates his 69th birthday, it’s a good time to look back at his career, and once again ask the question often asked about him, should he be enshrined in Cooperstown? Few players have had a bigger impact on the New York Mets than did (and does) Hernandez. Tom Seaver is the franchise icon, and he rightfully has been...
Buck Showalter has already proven that he’s determined to do things differently with the Mets, as Keith Hernandez can attest. Among the many sights and sounds to have emerged from spring training so far, there was a notable image doing the rounds on social media last week of Showalter engaged in deep conversation with Hernandez at the batting cages. Now, to an outsider, that may not seem a...
Happy birthday pretty boy! The 1979 MVP, two-time World Series champ, 11-time gold glover, five-time all-star, author, cat dad, actor, broadcaster extraordinaire, turns 68 today. One of the most iconic New York Mets of all time has been gracing us with his presence since being traded to Queens in 1983. Who doesn’t love reminiscing on the 1986 season, him being the first captain in team...
