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Former slugger Ralph Kiner and longtime announcer Dick Enberg are among the 10 finalists for the 2015 Ford C. Frick Award presented by the Hall of Fame for excellence in baseball broadcasting.
Heyman reports that hitting coach Lamar Johnson and assistant hitting coach Luis Natera will not retain their roles within the organization in 2015. It's unclear who will replace them.
Wouldn't it be good to have a future Hall of Famer in that locker room? Wouldn't it be good to have a guy who has played 19 games in the postseason, and has batted .356 with a .400 OBP in those 19 games?
Now that the baseball playoffs have begun, let's look back at the 2014 Mets, a team that was hoping to be a part of this 10-member group, at least until the untimely demise of Matt Harvey put a serious crimp in those plans.
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom has been named the National League Rookie of the Month for September. The right-hander previously won the award for July.
The Mets have not reached the postseason since 2006. With the Royals making the playoffs for the first time since 1985, only four teams in the majors currently have longer droughts than the Mets.
New York wrapped up its sixth straight losing season Sunday since moving into Citi Field, and one more would match the longest streak of futility in franchise history. But with a promising pitching staff, the Mets are talking big about 2015.
"Harv came into the dugout in the ninth inning and told me we're going to do it next year," manager Terry Collins told reporters in his postgame press conference. "He doesn't lie to me."
There's plenty more to prove, but there is no longer -- by any stretch of the imagination -- a hole at first base. Duda is the guy moving forward, and the Mets can now say that with authority and confidence.
Jose Altuve talked his way into the lineup and wrapped up the American League batting title with two more hits for the Houston Astros, beaten 8-3 by the New York Mets after Bobby Abreu sparked the decisive rally Sunday with a base hit in his final big league at-bat.
Lucas Duda hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday night, rallying the New York Mets over the Houston Astros 2-1.
In a news conference Friday at Citi Field, the 40-year-old Abreu announced his plans to retire after the season, ending perhaps one of the most underappreciated careers in recent memory.
Mets pitcher Jonathon Niese left his final start of the season with an elevated heart rate, a condition he has dealt with before, and the Houston Astros rallied Friday night against reliever Carlos Torres.
Maybe it was the months of Jeter adulation, or the fact that Harvey grew up a Yankees fan. But the pitcher's presence didn't sit too well with some folks.
Gio Gonzalez struck out a career-high 12 batters and allowed just one hit through seven innings in the Nationals' 3-0 win over the New York Mets in the second game of day-night doubleheader Thursday.
Matt den Dekker singled home the go-ahead run off Tyler Clippard (7-4) in the eighth inning to help the Mets (77-81) avoid clinching a sixth consecutive losing season for at least a few hours.
The Nationals, with the best record in the NL, and Mets will now play a day-night doubleheader Thursday with the games starting at 1:05 p.m. and 7:05 p.m.
As far as Sandy Alderson returning goes, the media and the masses seem largely simpatico. But perhaps that speaks to the relaxed expectations we have for the Mets, where mediocrity is a victory. As long as they aren't rancid, we see progress.
Nationals center fielder Denard Span left in the third inning after making a diving, tumbling catch, and NL East champion Washington went on to a 4-2 victory over the New York Mets.
Sandy Alderson is sticking with the New York Mets — and he might have some more money to throw around.
Manager Terry Collins said before New York's game at the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night that deGrom "understands completely" the decision.
Although Terry Collins has yet to post a winning record in any of his years at the helm, he can move into fourth place on the club's all-time wins list.
The Mets are keeping their front office intact, and manager Terry Collins is expected to return next season. Then there's the case of fan favorite Wally Backman.
With the Mets in danger of a sixth consecutive losing season, there was predictably plenty of frustration and sarcasm in 140 characters or less. Some tweets, however, were sincere and stressed a love for the team and franchise.
According to CBSSports.com/WFAN baseball insider Jon Heyman, the general manager is getting a three-year extension from the Mets that will run through 2017.
