Good morning, Mets fans! Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns introduced the Mets two biggest offseason signings to the club via Zoom on Wednesday afternoon. Among some of the better quotes in the press conference were in regards to Harrison Bader, as Stearns noted that he expects him to play a majority of the games at center field which would kick Brandon Nimmo to left field for...
Good morning, Mets fans! It was a quiet day Tuesday as the baseball world awaited the upcoming World Series, which kicks off on Friday in Houston. However, the Marlins made some noise, hiring former major leaguer Skip Schumaker as their new manager. Craig Mish of MLB Network was the first to report the news. Schumaker, 42, played for the Cardinals from 2005 to 2012, the Dodgers in 2013 and the...
Good morning, Mets fans! Former Mets skipper Luis Rojas was given a second interview by the Marlins for their managerial role. The 41-year-old spent this past year as the third-base coach for the Yankees. While Rojas went just 103-119 (.464) during his time in Flushing, he’s had some success during his extensive experience as a minor-league skipper. Astros bench coach Joe Espada, Cardinals...
The New York Yankees announced Monday that former Mets manager Luis Rojas will become their third base coach. Rojas, 40, spent 16 years in the Mets organization, with the last two as the team’s manager. In his two years as skipper of the Mets, he had a record of 103-119, and led the team to a 77-85 record in his first full season. New York opted to not renew his contract at the completion...
Good morning, Mets fans! Per Joel Sherman of the New York Post, there is a “strong likelihood” that former Mets manager Luis Rojas will take the job as the Yankees’ third base coach. Yankees manager Aaron Boone and Rojas had a mutual liking for each other in the interview process, according to Sherman’s sources. Rojas led the Mets to a combined record of 103-119 in his...
After two seasons and 222 games at the helm, the Mets announced they have declined the 2022 option for manager Luis Rojas. Despite spending 103 days atop the NL East this season, the Mets failed to make the playoffs for a fifth consecutive year. Rojas stated this weekend, “You have got to feel responsible for not helping the team achieve the goal that was set at the beginning of the...
Team President Sandy Alderson will be busy between the end of the regular season and the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement on December 2. The Mets will have to make decisions on their coaching staff, front office, and free agents. Alderson hosted his annual end-of-season press conference on Wednesday night, touching on all of these subjects. He expressed his...
As a transplanted New Yorker, it was a bittersweet weekend of baseball in light of the September 11th tributes from Citi Field, Ground Zero, and across the pond to Buckingham Palace. Watching the subway series in the borough where I broke my baseball cherry, made me nostalgic, and neurotic – because the worst feeling for a Mets fan – is losing to the rivaled Yankees. After blowing a...
A manager, who sometimes seems over his head, made another dubious decision with a familiar face. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Groundhog Day in Metsville, but not funny like the film. Here’s the final scene. Bottom of the 10th, Edwin Diaz toeing the rubber, one out, gift runner is at third on a sac bunt, first base is wide open, the Marlins marvelous hitting Bryan De La Cruz is due up and...
How bad is the blood between Mets players and their fans? The ball club can’t even get some loyalty love when they win and a few of the newly employed are lashing out. Cubs transplant Javier Báez along with Francisco Lindor and Kevin Pillar, flashed thumbs down to their faithless followers in response to the bounty of boos they’ve received for the majority of the season. Afterward, Báez...
Heading into the Allstar break the New York Mets sat in first place of the National League East. Now one month after the break, the Mets have dropped 15 of their last 24 games leaving the team sitting in third place. After the team has just been swept by division rival Philadelphia Phillies in a three game set, questions are starting to be asked not just about the offense, but also about the...
The New York Mets injury bug is still biting as the second half of the season unfolds. The latest is All-World pitcher Jacob deGrom. It was announced on Sunday that deGrom will go on the IL with right forearm soreness. This is not totally unexpected as the superstar was feeling pain in his arm and had to shut down a throwing session on Saturday. Said Jacob: “I’m frustrated. I...
