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Wilmer Flores, Josh Satin, Carlos Flores Reassigned To Minor League Camp
The Mets announced they have assigned infield prospects Wilmer Flores and Josh Satin, and right-handed reliever Carlos Torres to minor league camp. That leaves 42 players remaining in major league...
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Featured Post: Alderson’s Plan is Growing the Mets Fresh from the Vine
If you have a problem with Sandy Alderson, you have a problem with Major League Baseball. The Mets, as of 2010, have been essentially an MLB operation under virtual MLB oversight with Sandy Alderson a...
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Balance Is The Key To The New CBA
While details about the new CBA are still coming in, it seems one thing is quite apparent about this new deal. It was an exercise in balancing the inequities in the league. It starts off by balancing...
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MMO Fan Shot: A Mets Offseason Plan Using The Red Sox Model
Here’s a post from diehardmets who gives a good example of what the Mets offseason might look like using the Boston Red Sox model from last Winter. The question is where do you want to spend....
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New CBA Punishes Low-Revenue Teams For Trying To Compete
Last month, Keith Law had an interesting article about how the new CBA punishes low-revenue teams like Royals (or the Mets?) for trying to win under tight financial constraints. Unfortunately, it’s an...
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Are the Mets Snakebit?
It has been no surprise that after five straight losing seasons, any optimism that coincided with the arrival of Sandy Alderson and team Moneyball has now subsided into a cynicism and even a resentment...
View ArticleOliver Perez to DL, Niese Recalled
The New York Mets have sent beleaguered starter-turned-reliever-turned distraction Oliver Perez to the DL (knee tendinitis) to make room for starter Jonathon Niese. Adam Rubin reported yesterday that...
View Article(Updated) Changes In New CBA: HGH Testing, Qualifying Offers, Elias Rankings...
According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement is chock full of big changes. Major League Baseball will begin testing for human growth hormone (HGH) beginning...
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Mets Get High Marks On International Free Agents
Last week, Ben Badler of Baseball America evaluated how MLB teams have done in the international arena with regards to scouting, signing and developing talent in these once neglected markets that have...
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Mets Have Drafted Highest Percentage Of High School Players
According to a new report by Baseball America, the current Collective Bargaining Agreement and its bonus pools have created incentives for teams to select high school players early in the draft before...
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New Qualifying Offer Set at $17.2 Million
According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the qualifying offer this offseason will be set at $17.2 million. That figure is up from the $15.8 million QO last year. Rosenthal also notes that the...
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Is MLB Heading Towards a Lockout?
According to a report by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, Major League Baseball and it’s Players Union ae currently at an impasse when it comes to coming to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement....
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Where Do Things Stand With Yoenis Cespedes?
Good morning everyone and I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend. I’ve had my fill of turkey, pumpkin pie and football, and I’m ready to get back to talking and writing about our New York...
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MLB Owners and Players Union Agree On New CBA
According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, MLB Owners and the MLB Players Association have agreed on a new collective-bargaining agreement that will run for five years. This is great news as they were...
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Half of Baseball Scouts Shohei Otani, Not the Mets
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, reported that 15 major league teams requested seats last night to watch Shohei Otani pitch but the New York Mets were not among them. Teams that were in...
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All Nine Recipients Decline Qualifying Offer
The deadline to make a decision on the qualifying offer was 5:00 p.m. ET time on Thursday and all nine of the players that received one also declined it. Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain,...
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Manfred Wants Expansion to 32 Teams
Major League Baseball commissioner Robert Manfred was speaking at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Massachusetts today covering a number of topics. One of the most discussed topics was...
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MMO Exclusive: Eno Sarris of The Athletic
I had the pleasure of speaking with Eno Sarris, national baseball analytics writer for The Athletic last week. Sarris previously wrote for FanGraphs and has been a member of the Baseball Writers...
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Kris Bryant Loses Service Time Grievance
Jeff Passan of ESPN reports Chicago Cubs 3B/OF Kris Bryant has lost his service time grievance, and as a result, will not be a free agent until after the 2021 season. Bryant filed his grievance during...
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Universal DH Included in New Proposal as Agreement Nears
As of mid-evening on Wednesday, the MLB and the MLBPA are still talking and appear to be nearing an agreement that would save the 2020 season. Commissioner Rob Manfred and Player Association...
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