Good morning, Mets fans! Francisco Lindor has been named the 2022 Marvin Miller Man of the Year by the Major League Baseball Players Association. For the award, players were asked to vote for the player they “most respect based on his leadership on the field and in the community.” In addition to being an involved and vocal leader on the field, Lindor has done plenty of work for his...
The Major League Baseball Players Association has announced Francisco Lindor as a finalist for the Marvin Miller Man of the Year award. The Marvin Miller award was created in 1997 as a players’ choice award and recognizes the outstanding on and off-field performances of players. The award is named after Marvin Miller, who was the MLBPA executive director from 1966 to 1982. Miller...
Good morning, Mets fans! Derrick S. Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that longtime reliever Andrew Miller has decided to retire from professional baseball. Miller, a veteran of 16 seasons, had previously spent the last three seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals. Last season, he appeared in 40 games with a 4.75 ERA over 36 innings in relief. Formerly a top prospect, he, along with...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News The Mets opened up Summer Camp 2.0 in MCU Park, the Mets’ alternate training ground. The club sent a bevy of minor-leaguers, including David Peterson, Ryley Gilliam, Drew Smith, among others, to the site. Jacob deGrom left his simulated game yesterday after pitching an inning due to a sore back. It must be tired from carrying the team on it....
Joe D. – Mets Sign Marwin Gonzalez I predict the Mets will sign Marwin Gonzalez, formerly of the Houston Astros. It’s not the big sexy name everyone is hoping for, but the 29-year old Gonzalez gives the team a solid bat that can play a variety of positions. The versatility is something that will have strong appeal for new GM Brodie Van Wagenen. Jack Hendon – J.T. Realmuto Gets...
According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the New York Mets have traded Addison Reed to the Boston Red Sox in return for three pitching prospects. The deal is pending medicals. The Red Sox will be paying the remainder of Reed’s contract through the end of the season (about $2.6 million) per Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com reports that one of the relievers...
According to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com on Twitter, the Yankees have reached out to the Mets about Reed and first baseman Lucas Duda. While Duda’s name has long been linked to the Yankees who are in need of a first baseman, Reed would bolster a bullpen that already features Dellin Betances and Aroldis Chapman. The last time the Mets and Yankees have made a major league deal was back in 2004,...
For the third time this year New York Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson has received accolades for his work off the field. This time as the recipient of the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award from MLB Player’s Association. He had previously won the Roberto Clemente Award and the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award. Miller, who passed away in 2012, was the executive director for the MLBPA’s...
One thing we know about sports is everybody is a copycat, and here’s hoping Mets manager Terry Collins is taking notes. Something Indians manager Terry Francona has known for a long time – and putting to use this postseason – and what Collins seems to ignore is a game’s critical moment doesn’t always occur in the ninth inning. Sometimes, it is in the sixth, seventh or eighth inning. Often during...
Andrew Miller has established himself as one of the game’s top relievers over the last several years, but the Mets have an Andrew Miller of their own, and his name is Addison Reed. Earlier today, August Fagerstrom of FanGraphs.com posted an article comparing the two dominant relief pitchers. Over the last calendar year, Miller and Reed have almost identical numbers. Miller owns a 1.81 ERA...
The Cleveland Indians made their second splash of the trade deadline this morning, acquiring star reliever Andrew Miller from the Yankees ESPN’s Buster Olney reports. In exchange for Miller, the Yankees will receive four prospects from Cleveland, including highly touted outfielder Clint Frazier and pitcher Justus Sheffield. The Yankees also added minor league right handers Ben Heller and...
If you think the Mets are going to acquire another Yoenis Cespedes to save the struggling offense, think again. According to Randy Miller of NJ.com, the Mets are targeting role players rather than a big bat. According to Miller’s source, the farm system has been depleted by the recent graduations of Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz, and Michael Conforto so the team may not be in a position to...
