Kallet: Mets Should Go After Free Agent Kendrys Morales
I don't want to hear the argument that the Mets already have three first basemen. Yes -- Davis, Duda and Satin are all on the roster. The only problem is that none of them are very good.
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I don't want to hear the argument that the Mets already have three first basemen. Yes -- Davis, Duda and Satin are all on the roster. The only problem is that none of them are very good.
The utility player appeared in 160 games for the Mets over the past two seasons. He was non-tendered at the beginning of the month.
Local cable providers love to remind us that we have nine -- yes, nine -- professional sports teams, a way of persuading us to click on this package or that so we can view the screen-in-screen horror we call baseball, football and basketball.
"Honestly, they were (my first choice)," Beltran told Joe & Evan. "They were there, but at the same time they couldn't do anything about it. The Yankees were going through a salary cap (issue)."
"I've gotta see more from Matt Harvey. I think he even thinks of himself as, like, the king of the city here right now. He's gotta do a lot more before I can look at him that way."
"I want to be in New York," Murphy told reporters. "Hopefully my best baseball is ahead of me. I've been a part of the problem, so you want to be part of the solution."
"I think the Mets are where they are," Leiter said. "The Nationals are the team to beat, (the) Atlanta Braves are very good, who knows with the Marlins and Phillies. They're just, to me, they're not a playoff team."
Tony LaRussa, Bobby Cox and Joe Torre's inductions will mark an elite class of managers entering the Hall of Fame in 2014.
Free-agent right-hander Bartolo Colon and the New York Mets finalized a two-year, $20 million deal.
Looking at the current market and the cost it takes to acquire available shortstops via free agency or trade -- it may have been best for Sandy Alderson and the Mets to retain Reyes.
Let's face it. Outside of Matt Harvey and Daniel Murphy, the kids haven't done much for the cause. The Mets might as well try it the Yankee way.
Free-agent right-hander Bartolo Colon and the Mets have reached a deal, giving the New York the starter it was seeking to replace injured ace Matt Harvey.
Would ya look at that, Boomer and Carton were back at it again Thursday morning on this edition of the Morning Extravaganza.
The Mets' quiet offseason has gotten considerably louder.
The 34-year-old left-hander hit the open market last month when the Mets declined his $25-million option for 2014, which included a $5.5 million buyout.
"I think we're still building," Wilpon said. "I mean, we'd like to win next season, of course. I know everybody feels it's slow in coming, but these things sometimes take a little bit of time."
The former Yankees outfielder quickly endeared himself to Mets fans during his introductory press conference Tuesday with the money quote "true New Yorkers" root for the Amazin's.
Craig thinks 'catching lightning in a bottle' could and should be the 'Not So Amazin' Mets' battle cry for the 2014 campaign, so he rapped about it...
"A lot of the people I've met in New York have always said that true New Yorkers are Mets fans," Granderson said. "So I'm excited to get a chance to see them all out there."
Funny how the twists and turns take you. Torre turned down a trade from the Mets to the Yankees in 1976 because he thought he'd have a chance to manage the Amazin's.
The 40-year-old had an excellent campaign for the A's in 2013. The free-agent pitcher went 18-6 with a 2.65 ERA in 190 1/3 innings over 30 starts. He struck out 117 and issued 29 walks.
Inking Grandy sends the right message, and it puts the baseball world on notice that this franchise isn't just going to rest on its laurels and continue to be a complete and utter joke.
The Yankees are checking in on former Mets starter Mike Pelfrey, according to WFAN/CBS Sports baseball insider John Heyman.
According WFAN/CBSSports.com baseball insider Jon Heyman, the Mets have reportedly agreed a four-year, $60 million contract with free agent outfielder Curtis Granderson.
According to WFAN's Jon Heyman, the Mets and Curtis Granderson are talking terms on a long-term deal.
