According to Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal, a positive Covid-19 test would not shutdown Major League Baseball, under the current proposal. Diamond also notes that the proposal from Major League Baseball to the Players Association would include all team personnel getting tested multiple times during a week with results within 24 hours. The owners approved the proposal earlier this week...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News The New York Mets posted a video on Friday afternoon of Pete Alonso and Jim Breuer driving together to the Mets’ spring training facility. The video can be found on the team’s YouTube channel. MMO’s own Jacob Resnick reported that former Mets minor leaguer, Raul Reyes, has passed away due to injuries sustained during a boating accident....
Swing Kings By Jared Diamond. 336 pp. $28.99 In Swing Kings, Jared Diamond unearths chance encounters, unlikely coaches and stark technique changes responsible for transforming pedestrian batters into Major League Baseball’s elite sluggers. Diamond illustrates the precise moments when today’s power hitters — the likes of J.D. Martinez and Aaron Judge — discovered the need to deconstruct and...
Good Morning Mets Fans! Jacob deGrom will face the Marlins today as he’ll try to take the Mets’ record to .500. He’ll be facing Hector Noesi. The game can only be streamed only on the Marlins radio WINZ 940 at 1:05 p.m. Yesterday, Jason Vargas continued his hot spring with four scoreless innings and Brandon Nimmo reached base three times. Devin Mesoraco also contributed a pair...
The New York Mets will have the day off on Thursday, before hosting the the New York Yankees in a three-game set at Citi Field this weekend. The Bronx Bombers have belted an MLB-leading 96 home runs this season. The Mets’ offense wasted another strong outing from their starting pitcher yet again. Zack Wheeler delivered one of the strongest outings of his career with seven shutout innings....
Tonight I am joined by Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal and long-time baseball writer Bob Klapisch in a big show on the eve of pitchers and catchers reporting to Mets camp at Port St. Lucie. Jared discusses the slow free agent market and why the economics of baseball may be broken and need of a fix. Is baseball anti-competitive as Scott Boras suggests? Hear our thoughts. Bob Klapisch...
Mets manager Terry Collins had spoken about the idea of hitting the pitcher eighth on several occasions. On Thursday, he put the idea into practice against the Braves. The result was a 7-6 win over Atlanta. Did the new lineup construction play a major role in the offensive outburst? Probably not. The idea behind batting the pitcher in the eighth spot is pretty simple. Placing a hitter in the...
Eric Young Jr. fully understands that he needs to work on his on-base skills particularly if he’s going to reward manager Terry Collins who has placed all his faith on him as the team’s leadoff hitter this season. In a Q & A with Mike Vorkunov of the Star-Ledger, Young explains what he needs to do to help the Mets in 2014 and also talks about a variety of other things. I know a...
After an article on FanGraphs last week put a scare into our expectations for Matt Harvey’s return from Tommy John surgery, the Wall Street Journal compiles evidence that in fact they return quite the same and in many cases better in their post TJS careers. Michael Salfino writes: In fact, all of the noteworthy starters since 2006 who have undergone the procedure have posted a combined...
I was on the phone the other day with a friend who is a die-hard Met fan like the rest of us. We got around to talking about the addition of Chris Young and we argued about the signing which he absolutely loved, but me not so much. He brings up all the what-if scenarios going 2-3 years back to bring up Young’s exploits which I can’t disagree with, the power is certainly there. But...
I got a bit of a reaction yesterday after mentioning that despite the acquisitions of outfielders Chris Young and Curtis Granderson, and starting pitcher Bartolo Colon, the Mets are still sitting at about $82 million in payroll, and about $10 million less than last season. It seems like the Mets are looking to unload Ike Davis and his near $4 million contract before they do any additional moves...
The race to add Japanese phenom Masahiro Tanaka is now underway and will continue until 5:00 PM on January 24. Tanaka will have to sign with a team by that date and teams can bid the maximum $20 million posting fee to join in the sweepstakes for the young hurler. However, only the signing team will be on the hook for the posting fee which will not count toward a team’s payroll. Plenty of...
