Good morning, Mets fans! Red Sox general manager Craig Breslow told reporters on Monday that the team isn’t shopping first baseman Triston Casas. The Mariners reportedly wanted Casas in return for right-hander Luis Castillo, but Boston wanted Seattle to take on the contract of Masataka Yoshida. The 24-year-old Casas missed time due to a fractured rib in 2024, batting .241/.337/.462 with 13...
For the New York Mets, third base was a revolving door in the early years of the franchise. From Don Zimmer to Ed Charles, from Wayne Garrett to Lenny Randle, from Richie Hebner to Ty Wigginton, the Mets were always searching for a solution at the hot corner. That search ended on July 21, 2004, when David Wright made his major league debut. The young man from Norfolk, VA, who grew up a Mets fan,...
Recently while thumbing through some old baseball cards, I came across the 1978 Felix Millan shown below, card number 505 from the Topps set that year. Felix Millan was one of my favorite Mets growing up. Partly because he was a gritty ballplayer who played the keystone well, and partly because I also had the following card from the 1976 set, which showed the Mets second baseman with one of the...
