Mets' New Owner Steve Cohen Gets To Work, Cleans House In Front Office
Sandy Alderson will take over as team president and will now build the front office from scratch.
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Sandy Alderson will take over as team president and will now build the front office from scratch.
Citi Field is actually on land owned by the city, and the lease agreement prevents the transfer of ownership to a felon, or a person who has controlled a felon.
"It's our land. There is a legal requirement that if there's an ownership change is has to be evaluated. Our law department is doing that evaluation based on the law," Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
Anthony DeLucia custom paints cleats in all colors, designs and logos, and he got a break when pro-athlete New York Met Pete Alonso wore DeLucia's shoes at the All-Star Game.
Juan Soto became the NL's youngest batting champion, Trea Turner hit a grand slam, and the Washington Nationals closed out the season with a 15-5 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.
New York couldn't hold a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning of a seven-inning game and missed the postseason for the fourth straight year.
The Mets (26-31) moved within 2 1/2 games of Miami (28-28) for second place in the NL East and within 2 1/2 games of San Francisco (28-28) for the NL's second wild card spot.
The loss guaranteed the Mets (25-31) will finish with a sub-.500 record for the ninth time in the last 12 seasons.
Robinson Canó, Alonso and newcomer Guillermo Heredia went deep for the Mets, desperately trying to stay in the National League playoff chase with five games now remaining in the regular season.
Nate Lowe homered and scored both runs against NL Cy Young Award contender Jacob deGrom.
Kyle Wright allowed only one hit in the best start of his big league career, pitching into the seventh inning to lead the Atlanta Braves past the New York Mets 7-0 on Sunday.
Rookie David Peterson struck out NL batting leader Freddie Freeman three times and fanned a career-high 10 in six innings as the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 7-2 Saturday night.
Mets starter Steven Matz, who fell to 0-5, was handed his latest drubbing in what has been a lost season for the veteran left-hander.
Brandon Nimmo took a couple of slow steps and gawked at the winning homer he smacked to right.
Jacob deGrom's balky hamstring forced an untimely exit Wednesday night. Now, the New York Mets ace hopes it won't mean an early end to his season.