Mets Starting To Rip Apart MLB’s Most Expensive Roster Ever MLB club parts ways with Scherzer, Robertson with potentially more moves to come Frustration grows after unprecedented offseason outlay by Eric Fisher, with Front Office Sports The New York Mets have begun the dismantling of MLB’s most expensive roster ever. Just four months after starting the 2023 season with a $344 million roster that surpassed all prior league payroll records by more than $50 million, the Mets’ inability to post a winning record, much less compete for a playoff spot, has forced team officials to begin tearing the roster apart…
Insider reveals if Mets’ Buck Showalter is safe amid poor season from Zac Wassink, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com Audacy MLB insider Jon Heyman responded to New York Mets owner Steve Cohen saying over the weekend he won’t “blow up” and fire manager Buck Showalter over the team’s woeful record this spring. “I didn’t read that as a vote of confidence,” Heyman explained during a Monday appearance on Chicago 670 The Score’s “Mully & Haugh Show,” as shared by Logan Mullen of Audacy. “I read that as, ‘I’m not going to blow up and go crazy publicly, and I’m not going to give…
Mets ace Max Scherzer suspended 10 games from Adam Gretz, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com New York Mets superstar Max Scherzer has been suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball following his ejection from Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers, according to a report from baseball insider Jon Heyman. He was also fined $10,000 by the league. Scherzer will not appeal his suspension. “I thought I was going get in front of a neutral arbitrator, but I wasn’t. It was going to be through MLB. Given that process, I wasn’t going to come out on top,” the ace said, per SNY. As relayed…
Mets’ Francisco Lindor approaching history with RBI streak from Zac Wassink, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com As Henry Palattella noted for the official MLB website, New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor was named National League Player of the Week coming off the Memorial Day holiday weekend after he slashed .348/.407/.870 and drove home at least one RBI across eight straight games. Lindor’s streak continued on the first day of June, and the four-time All-Star is flirting with history weeks before summer. Per Robert Aitken Jr. of NorthJersey.com, Lindor notched a sacrifice fly to bring Tomas Nido home from third base for an RBI…
Mets score seven in the ninth inning to beat Phillies, 8-7 from Adam Stites, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com The New York Mets struggled to find much offense Thursday against the Philadelphia Phillies, but came to life in the ninth inning with seven runs to come back and win, 8-7. The rally started when Starling Marte got on base with an infield single and Francisco Lindor promptly cut the lead to four with a huge home run to center field. Francisco Lindor goes deep with a 2-run shot pic.twitter.com/A7v5OTCc4V — SNY (@SNYtv) May 6, 2022 Pete Alonso kept the rally going with a…
Darryl Strawberry suggests confrontational approach to Mets’ HBP issues from Zac Wassink, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com Members of the New York Mets reached a breaking point after J.D. Davis became the MLB-leading 19th New York player to be hit by a pitch this season in the top of the eighth inning of Wednesday afternoon’s 10-5 loss at the St. Louis Cardinals. Mets reliever Yoan Lopez seemingly responded in the bottom half of that frame by delivering a high-and-tight message toward St. Louis third baseman Nolan Arenado, which sparked a bench-clearing incident. After the defeat, Mets slugger Pete Alonso, who was plunked in…
Dementia hits NY Mets pitching great Tom Seaver and he will retire from public life “Tom Terrific” that was him, Tom Seaver, and he led the NY Mets to the 1969 World Series title and he helped pave the path, for those “Amazing Mets”/Metropolitans)… Oh what a night, late October back in ’69 and “Tom Terrific,” won the Cy Young Award that year and led the National League with 25 wins….. Tom Seaver was outstanding on the mound for the Mets and he had a stellar career for the Cincinnati Reds as well…. more from ESPN.com: Ed Kranepool, Seaver’s teammate…