Good morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News Marysol Castro, the Mets PA announcer, talked with Dellin Betances about signing with the Mets. Latest MLB News Buster Olney of ESPN ranked his top 10 first baseman. ESPN also heard that Bud Selig’s earning six million dollars per year in retirement. Korean outfielder Jae-Hwan Kim’s signing deadline has passed, making him ineligible to sign...
Welcome to the second installment of Where Are They Now?, where we take a Mets roster and check in on what the players have done since last playing in Queens. Last week, we looked at the 2010 Mets, so this week we go back a year and look at the 2009 team, the first year the Mets played their home games at Citi Field. That season, Jerry Manuel led his squad to a 70-92 record, good for a fourth...
Earlier today, Joe D posted a blog on the 1969 tribute at Citi Field. In it, he included a “where are they now” segment to catch readers up on what their heroes from 40 years ago are doing. Perhaps I should do the same with the 2009 Mets. After all, some of this year’s players have been gone for so long, we may not recognize them when they come back. Below you will find the...
No surprise here, but as expected the New York Mets have designated pinch-hitting specialist and reserve outfielder, Marlon Anderson for assignment. The Mets made the announcement this afternoon to make room for tonights starter, Livan Hernandez. If Anderson clears waivers, he can either accept a spot at Triple-A Buffalo or become a free agent. Anderson was 0-for-4 this season at the time of his...
It looks like Marlon Anderson will be the odd man out when the Mets clear a roster spot fpr the addition of Livan Hernandex. Hernandez will make his Mets debut Saturday against Ricky Nolasco. Jerry Manuel hinted that Anderson would be a roster casualty according to Adam Rubin. Without naming names, Jerry Manuel essentially revealed the looming fate of Marlon Anderson. The Mets need to clear a...
Joe and Evan of the morning show on WFAN, are reporting that Gary Sheffield could be signing with the Mets by tonight. They believe that one of the reasons the Mets are interested in Sheffield is because he would be able to hit his historic 500th homerun with Mets. UPDATE 3:30 PM – As part of the $400,000 deal, the Mets have promised Sheffield “significant playing time” as...
In 2007, Marlon Anderson parlayed a .319 average in just 60 at-bats into a two year deal worth $2.2 million dollars. Not bad for a bench player who had hit .231 in the first half of that season before being cut by the Dodgers and signed from the scrap heap by Omar Minaya. Last season, Anderson slipped back into his old ways and batted .210 for the Mets in the first year of his big contract....
Omar Minaya is making sure of one thing this off season as compared to last off season… he is making a strong effort to re-sign each Met that made a strong contribution to the team last season.After a week in which he brought back Moises Alou and Damion Easley, Omar continued that trend by re-signing utility outfielder Marlon Anderson to an apparent 1-year deal with an option for 2009. The...
