Most likely, Jacob deGrom will not win the National League Cy Young Award. The details will depend upon how members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America vote, but deGrom is far enough away from the NL ERA lead that his dream of winning three straight plaques appears out of
When Major League Baseball announced on the eve of Opening Day that it would be expanding its postseason format from five to eight teams per league, the Mets did not outwardly rejoice. Their goal, after all, was a National League East title. Still, the Mets seemed obvious beneficiaries of the
Change is coming to Flushing, and not just the type that every team promises at the end of a disappointing season. Real, substantive change should occur soon, with Steve Cohen in possession of a signed agreement to purchase the Mets. Assuming that transaction goes through, the Mets will have a
NEW YORK -- As the offseason begins to take shape, the Mets have questions. Lots of questions, from the highest levels of the organization on down. Here’s a primer for everything the team will face in the coming weeks and months: What's the Mets’ ownership situation? Steve Cohen's purchase of
NEW YORK -- There haven’t been many quiet offseasons for the Mets lately, and this one promises to be no different. Coming off a disappointing 60-game season in which they expected to contend but fell short, the team is about to experience its most significant set of changes in years.
Beginning Monday, the Mets will enter a period of uncertainty. Prospective owner Steve Cohen does not yet have control of the team, but he could finalize his purchase in the coming weeks. Once that transition occurs, Cohen intends to hire Sandy Alderson as his team president. Beyond that, the Mets’
Major League Baseball confirmed Monday that the 2021 Draft order will be based on the reverse order of the 2020 regular-season standings. Because this season was the shortest in big league history, there had been some sentiment to use some combination of the 2019 and 2020 standings. With MLB...
As we wait for Major League Baseball to vote on Steve Cohen as the Mets’ new control person, many baseball operations decisions have become secondary concerns. But that won’t be the case for long. The Mets have much work to do to improve their 2020 roster. Here’s a look at