Dusty Baker Current Position: Special Adviser to the CEO, San Francisco Giants Age: 6/15/1949 (70) Managerial Experience: 1993-2002 San Francisco Giants, 2003-2006 Chicago Cubs, 2008-2013 Cincinnati Reds, 2016-2017 Washington Nationals According to Kevin Kernan of the New York Post, Dusty Baker’s name is being thrown around in the conversation of the next Mets’ manager. Baker, 70, is...
Noah Syndergaard has shown up to Spring Training early this year and is raring to go. He spoke with Kevin Kernan of the New York Post recently about his excitement for the 2019 season as well as his thoughts on the team as a whole. Syndergaard, 26, touched on his thoughts on the roster Brodie Van Wagenen has built this offseason and specifically highlighted a few additions including his new...
The Mets outfield situation for next year is a pretty murky one already with Yoenis Cespedes set to miss potentially half the year and with Jay Bruce’s long-term health in question as well. With both of those players out right now, the Mets have been trotting out Michael Conforto, Austin Jackson, and Brandon Nimmo lately, with the latter getting the nod in center field last night. That...
The New York Daily News on Monday cut their editorial team by 50 percent, and trimmed their sports section down from 35 members to nine. Some of the casualties include columnist John Harper and reporters Christian Red, Frank Isola, Peter Botte and Mike Mazzeo, who penned tweets in light of the news thanking their readers for following them all these years. “Word is everywhere, obviously,...
The New York Mets will fall in line with a few other major league teams in 2018 when they start wearing wristbands that have scouting information packed into them according to an article by Kevin Kernan of the New York Post. New manager Mickey Callaway will bring the change from Cleveland where they had all of their catchers wear the pitching cheat sheet. Another team that tried it last year was...
Zack Wheeler returned from Tommy John Surgery last season for the first time and had some mixed results. However, he ended up finishing with a 3-7 record with a 5.21 ERA, 5.03 FIP, 1.587 WHIP and an 8.4 K/9 in 17 starts in 2017. The right-hander is coming in with as many question marks as anyone on this team, including his role on the team. If the Mets sign a pitcher such as Jason Vargas, the...
The New York Mets new manager Mickey Callaway has made it known that he might not have a set closer and will use his bullpen differently depending on the circumstances. Jeurys Familia, AJ Ramos, Jerry Blevins and new reliever Anthony Swarzak will all be options to use in the back-end of the pen according to Callaway. Familia, led the NL with 51 saves in 2016, is on board with Callaway’s...
There’s no question the sky is the limit for Mets shortstop Amed Rosario, but perhaps the most admirable part of his game is his affinity to get better. The 22-year-old is putting that forth by working on patience at the plate, and is already down in St. Lucie trying to improve that aspect of his game. He walked just three times in 170 plate appearances with New York in 2017. “I’ve been...
I know I’ve been scarce on here for a while, but the truth is that it gets harder and harder to keep writing about the same old nothing burgers and trying to make a great lemonade out of a bunch of lousy lemons. You don’t believe me? You try doing this for 12 years, 10 months, and seven days. It ain’t easy I’ll tell ya… So here we are almost three months into the...
I talk about Matt Harvey’s performance against the Braves and what the injury to Steven Matz means for the rotation. Kevin Kernan of the NY Post joins me to give his thoughts on the Mets this spring, why he loves the WBC, and how the Yankees-Mets Subway Series rivalry might be rekindled in 2017. [iframe]<iframe...
Good Morning Mets Fans. Zack Wheeler’s road back to the show continues today as the Mets take on Gio Gonzalez and the Washington Nationals. Wheeler will look to build on a successful first Grapefruit League start in the 1:10 PM ET game. Today’s game will not be broadcasted on TV or radio, unfortunately. LATEST METS NEWS Brandon Nimmo advises that his hamstring pull is better than...
Yesterday, the Mets announced David Wright had a successful cervical discectomy and fusion surgery. The Mets have no idea about whether he can return this September or if his season is over. With that in mind, three Mets are going to have to address their third base position. The initial solution has been Wilmer Flores. He has been terrific thus far hitting .320/.375/.460. The one caution with...
