Welcome to Tuesday Top Ten, a new offseason series devoted to reliving moments of magic, misery, or overlooked meaning throughout Mets history. Rankings might cover specific players, teams, games, catches, home runs, uniforms, etc. — with the necessary disclaimer that comparing circumstances across 64 years is an impossibly imperfect science and an inherently subjective exercise. […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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It’s the Tuesday Crawfish Boil! Houston Astros News Injuries and roster moves Murphy leaves for Pittsburgh (NYT) Framber projected ~$160 million (NW) Snitker signs a contract with the Mets (HC) Astros involved in trade rumors with Peralta (MCS) AL West News Stanton writes a letter to M’s fans (NW) Could the Angels sell as a […]
From The Crawfish Boxes
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Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space. This week, we begin by discussing the recent hires the Mets have made to their coaching staff and other coaches […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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Meet the Mets The Mets hired a new hitting coach, Troy Snitker, but have likely lost their first base coach Antoan Richardson, who is expected to leave the origanization eafter failing to come to an agreement on a new contract, according to Jeff Passan. Laura Albanese shared more about what she heard about the negotiations […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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In a bit of surprising news, the Mets and first base coach Antoan Richardson were unable to come to an agreement on a new contract, and the coach is expected to depart the organization, according to Jeff Passan. The news comes a few weeks after Richardson survived the team’s coaching staff purge. That was hardly […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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The Mets are hiring Troy Snitker as their next hitting coach, according to reporting by Andy Martino of SNY. The team has not yet confirmed this news. The 36-year-old Snitker is the son of former Braves manager Brian Snitker and has served as a hitting coach in Houston with the Astros for the past seven […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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Meet the Mets Mets assistant pitching coach Desi Druschel will be leaving New York (Queens) and returning to New York (Bronx) to take back his old role as an assistant to Yankees’ pitching coach Matt Blake. Around the National League East Federal Baseball wondered whether this is the year that the Nationals dip more than […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 (7-3) SCOTTSDALE SCORPIONS 15, SURPRISE SAGUAROS 4 / 8 (BOX) MONDAY, OCTOBER 20 (7-3) NO GAME (SCHEDULE) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 (8-4) GAME ONE SCOTTSDALE SCORPIONS 5, PEORIA JAVELINAS 1 (BOX) GAME TWO PEORIA JAVELINAS 8, SCOTTSDALE SCORPIONS 4 (BOX) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 (8-5) SURPRISE SAGUAROS 10, SCOTTSDALE SCORPIONS 1 (BOX) THURSDAY, OCTOBER […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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More than 55,000 fans packed Shea Stadium on October 26, 2000, for the fifth game of the World Series. The “hometown” Mets trailed the reigning, defending, undisputed two-time World Series champion Yankees three games to one. To close out the Fall Classic, the Yanks turned to Andy Pettitte. He faced off against once and future […]
From Pinstripe Alley
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Meet the Mets Anthony DiComo of MLB.com weighs in on whether Pete Alonso or Edwin Díaz is more likely to be a Met next year and other fan questions as part of his newsletter. MLB Trade Rumors also ran a poll asking whether the Mets are likelier to re-sign Alonso or Díaz (or both). The […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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Meet the Mets Several long-tenured Mets players could be interesting trade candidates this offseason. MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo answered some questions about the Mets’ offseason outlook. Around the National League East Phillies ace Zack Wheeler is currently feeling no pain in the aftermath of his thoracic outlet surgery. Reynaldo López may well be a major factor […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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With the World Series upon us, we thought we’d spend some time looking at iconic moments from past series. In this case, let’s look at the legendary play from the 1954 World Series. Mays, who played for the Giants in New York and then San Francisco and a brief stint with the New York Mets […]
From Duke Basketball Report
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Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. This week, Brian and Chris discuss the newest members of the Mets’ dugout staff Kai Correa and Jeff Albert, the signings of Richard Lovelady and Joe Jacques, as well as talk about their long-time and unquestioned support […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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As the World Series moved across town, the Yankees had the Mets flat on the mat. They’d won a pair of thrillers, outlasting the Mets with a walk-off in Game 1 before holding on for dear life in a memorable Game 2. With a 2-0 lead in hand, they took the train to Queens with […]
From Pinstripe Alley
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Meet the Mets Christian Scott’s rehab from Tommy John surgery is going smoothly, and he has one more live bullpen session coming up before he takes a bit of a breather ahead of a full ramp-up that will start in January. The Mets signed left-handed pitcher Richard Lovelady, who they designated for assignment multiple times […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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The Mets, who are surely facing a very busy offseason after a disappointing 83 win 2025 which saw them miss the playoffs, made their first signing prior to the 2026 campaign, signing left-handed reliever Richard Lovelady to a one year, Major League contract today, the team announced. Lovelady, who was drafted by the Royals and […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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2025 stats: 67 IP, 55 G, 3.90 ERA / 3.70 FIP, 1.40 WHIP, 20.4 K%, 11.3 BB%, 0.5 fWAR After a mini breakout in 2024, José Buttó looked like he might be a reliable dude in the Mets’ grand plan. He pitched 74 innings (the first 38 of which came as a starter) and was […]
From McCovey Chronicles
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Somehow, Edwin Díaz has never finished a season with the Mets with more than 32 saves. Having recently wrapped up his sixth season—and seventh year—with the team, Díaz was utterly dominant, finishing the 2025 campaign with 28 saves as he threw 66.1 innings with a 1.63 ERA. That’s his second-best single season ERA, even in […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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It’s the Thursday Crawfish Boil! Houston Astros News Injuries and roster moves Astros survey Maldonado says he wants to be a manager Mallicoat passes away (HC) Mets talk to Snitker about vacant manager job (NYP) Best WS runner-up since 2000 (FS) Roster analysis: The Pen (HC) AL West News Time to look at the Mariners […]
From The Crawfish Boxes
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Meet the Mets Francisco Lindor underwent an elbow procedure at the end of the 2025 season but he is expected to be ready for the start of spring training. Lindor, Pete Alonso, and Juan Soto were named as finalists for the Silver Slugger award at their respective positions. The team interviewed former Astros hitting coach […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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The Mets announced that Francisco Lindor underwent a debridement procedure on his right elbow after the 2025 season. Lindor previously had surgery on the same elbow to remove a bone spur following the 2023 season and went on to have a fully healthy spring training and 2024 season (in terms of his elbow, at least). […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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By pretty much any metric you’d choose, the Chicago Cubs had a top five-ish offense this year in Major League Baseball, even as they suffered through significant dips at times throughout the season.
It’s unsurprising, then, that the Cubs are pretty well represented on the list of National League Silver Slugger finalists this year. From MLB.com :
First base: Pete Alonso, New York Mets; Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles Dodgers; Matt Olson, Atlanta Braves
Second base: Nico Hoerner, C...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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Jeremy Hefner was announced as the Mets’ new pitching coach on November 26, 2019 — back when the organization was owned by the Wilpons, the roster was constructed by Brodie Van Wagenen, and the coaching staff was set to be led by highly-anticipated rookie manager Carlos Beltrán. Since that date, the Mets have been sold […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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Toward end of the 2024 season, the Phillies called outfielder Cal Stevenson to the majors to serve as outfield depth. His stay with the major league club was largely nondescript, with most of his appearances coming as a defensive replacement. But he had one memorable game against the New York Mets in which he had […]
From The Good Phight
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Meet the Mets Andy Martino discussed why current postseason hero George Springer is a Blue Jay and not a New York Met. Danny Abriano broke down the Mets’ payroll situation heading into the offseason ahead of free agency. Around the National League East MLB Pipeline took a look at three Phillies prospects who could help […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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