2020 NEW YORK METS: “I want to be on a parade float, drunk as hell.”

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— Cara Jeffrey (@cara_jeffrey) May 1, 2020

I didn't know about this show til Ira Kaplan championed it on WFMU the other night

https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/beyond-the-booth-live-snys-gary-keith-and-ron-with-pete-alonso/313508320

https://www.sny.tv/articles/date-set-for-bids-on-mets-sale-with-steve-cohen-potentially-back-in-picture-report

will still be more lively than Shea fans of the Joe Torre era

https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/mets-to-use-cutout-fans-in-citi-field-stands

lol

EXCLUSIVE: Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson and private equity firm SilverLake join Harris Blitzer bid for @mets, creating real challenge for Steve Cohenhttps://t.co/Rsx8Mf9a2v

— Thornton McEnery (@ThorntonMcEnery) July 15, 2020

oy

fingers crossed!

...that like 95% of such stories it will never happen

The broadcast team of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling will be returning for their 15th season together in the SNY booth with an unorthodox setup. Instead of traveling for away broadcasts, the trio will announce both home and away games from Citi Field.

weird how all these billionaires want to get into an industry that 'isn't very profitable'

Post:

In a statement to The Post, Silver Lake shot down reports of its participation, writing “Any claim that Silver Lake is making or joining a bid for the NY Mets is entirely false and inaccurate.”

Meanwhile, a spokesman for the 86-year-old billionaire told The Post that “Mr. Adelson has no interest in purchasing the Mets.”

The Mets' fan cutouts are being installed at Citi Field in preparation for Opening Day. (📸 @Mets) pic.twitter.com/FB81Ix0QY8

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 16, 2020

Matt Adams released

So what do you make of the cutouts?
If I offered to pay - would you want one?

Looks like they can still be bought. Not sure where you’d wind up sitting tho!

i saw the rays were charging $60 to have your cutout present at every home game. really curious how many people are taking them up on that

no i don't want a cutout thx

$86 for Mets

MLBTR:

In a surprise move, the Mets have decided to promote top infield prospect Andres Gimenez to open the season. It’s not clear just yet how robust a role he’ll occupy.

Also making the MLB roster are lefty Chasen Shreve and righty Hunter Strickland. Both have had their contracts selected to the 40-man roster. It’s the same situation for infielder Eduardo Nunez, as reported previously.

To clear a 40-man roster spot, the Mets designated lefty Stephen Gonsalves for assignment.

🗣 “LARRY! LARRY!”

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— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 24, 2020

i guess degrom's okay

Cespedes has homered in his last 3 games

5/13/18
7/20/18
7/24/20

cespedes also the first DH to hit a HR in a game between two NL teams

Typical Mets.

Someone should teach Rosario to run the bases.

Jeffrey Paternostro of BP on David Peterson:

Appearing this early means the Mets are burning a service time year with Peterson. Personally I would not be overly concerned with clawing back his age-30 season, given the stuff and projected top line numbers, but that is a thing teams do now as a matter of course. He may not pitch well enough to stay up all year anyway, or Marcus Stroman’s injury may end up minor enough to render this discussion moot in a couple weeks. It is unlikely to be spectacular, but a lefty who can take the ball every fifth day and potentially post a mid-4s ERA is by far the Mets best option at the moment.

surprising -- my understanding is that the service-time cutoff is literally tonight, i.e. peterson will earn a year of time by pitching today and toronto's nate pearson will *not* earn a year of time after debuting tomorrow

The Mets will allow Jacob deGrom to throw 80-100 pitches tonight, per Luis Rojas. He should be good for about six innings.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 29, 2020

That smile makes me like Gimenez already.

Whoops.

wait are you a flyers *and* mets fan?

damn

Ha, yeah, I'm a mutt. Flyers/Sixers/Mets. I watched every out of the 1986 WS, but wasn't really a big baseball fan until I moved to NY in 2001 and I wasn't going to root for the fucking Yankees.

Aren't you a Pens and Mets fan or am I mistaken?

definitely pens fan; being a pirates fan is pointless, but

i like the mets and yeah obviously one can't move to new york and root for the yankees. i don't like the mets well enough to get cable just for SNY, though, so i almost never actually see them

at least you haven't been infected by the knicks (nor have i)

I had/have family in NYC and spent a few weeks every summer when I was a kid, so I always had a connection.

To really blow your mind, I'm also an AZ Cardinals fan.

just spent 20 seconds looking for a freud emoji

at least you haven't been infected by the knicks (nor have i)

hunter strickland dfa'd (aka welcome to miami)

like Keith, i am enjoying the promise of Gimenez

can barely watch this bullpen + defense in action

ok ive had enough for tonight

This team looks identical to last year with maybe a better lineup and worse starting pitching.

well if they have last year's winning pct it'll take some doing.

designated phantom runner!

Mets trade for one of the fastest men in baseball:https://t.co/x0aplD9hvu

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) August 2, 2020

faster than a speeding virion!

The New York Mets have not been able to contact Yoenis Cespedes, who did not report to Truist Park for Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves, according to general manager Brodie Van Wagenen.

"He did not reach out to management with any explanation for his absence," Van Wagenen said in a statement. "Our attempts to contact him have been unsuccessful."

hope there's a relatively harmless resolution

(no wild boars)

either way, fuck this asshole

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EebxnKqWkAAzuP2?format=png&name=small

Mets could not buy a hit today when they needed one.

Van Wagenen said Mets had no idea that Cespedes was weighing an opt out.

— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) August 2, 2020

Whole team should opt out.

it looks bad for sure, but what's the last season the Mets didnt have a 5-game losing streak?

he did manage to draw one walk

i guess seth lugo didn’t have it tonight

Hey, Seth, maybe you're not a starting pitcher after all.

I guess Nola and the Phillies bullpen didn’t have it tonight.

yikes

otoh, all brandon nimmo does is win

has a team with a shot on the penultimate day ever seemed deader?

The Mets will make the playoffs if:

-They win all three of their remaining games

AND

-The Giants lose both of theirs

AND

-The Phillies lose both of theirs

AND

-The Brewers lose at least one of theirs

Estimated chance of all that happening, per Fangraphs: 1.1 percent.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 26, 2020

i'll take at least one of those things out of the equation: the cardinals WILL defeat the milwaukee brewers at least one more time this regular season

phillies suck, so they'll lose both of theirs

not sure about the giants, though. are they still trying?

O Dom...

of all the times to play Pete Reiser

Outside of the Mets clinching the 2015 pennant, the pure jubilation from fans today is unlike anything I can recall in nearly 14 years covering the team.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) January 7, 2021

They say there is a lot of pressure in New York," he said. "It's a big market, there are lot of people on top of you. But I'm blessed to play the game. I'm Francisco Lindor. I'm going to do me, and hopefully people like that. Hopefully people embrace me. I'll embrace them."

Mets fans shouldn't have any problem doing that for the player nicknamed Mr. Smile. When asked about the first thing he'll do when he gets to New York, Lindor smiled and said, "I love pizza, so I'll probably eat some pizza."

I love this guy already.

same

Well, didn’t take long for things to go south.

Fucking loser needs to be fired instantly. Don't pull a Wilpon and screw around.

We have terminated Jared Porter this morning . In my initial press conference I spoke about the importance of integrity and I meant it.There should be zero tolerance for this type of behavior.

— Steven Cohen (@StevenACohen2) January 19, 2021

Thank goodness. Wilpons would have demoted him for two weeks, waited for a firestorm, then fired him.

It still doesn't say much about the Mets' vetting process. While this story might have been kept confidential by ESPN for the last 4 years, I find it hard to believe this is the only woman he has done this to and that this wasn't known to others.

are there any good jareds

the phrase “bare penis” is an interesting one I’m not sure I’ve heard before, summoning an alternate-world standard in which penises wear little outfits

Yours doesn’t?!

my family could never afford one and I guess I just got used to going without

Anyway back to the Mets

— Steven Cohen (@StevenACohen2) January 29, 2021

is that supposed to mean something, or...??

he was discussing the #stonks -- iirc his hedge fund was one of the gamestop short sellers that got burned

his hedge gae another hedge 2 bn to help cover, iirc

oohhhh! boy, the mets love their shitty financial decisions.
thanks for explaining that to me.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/sports/baseball/steve-cohen-mets-gamestop-barstool.html

am i really gonna take the side of a billionaire against barstool? possibly

Cohen's jovial "I'm just a working guy like you trying to make a living" is some of the blindest self-own by a rich person since "Let them eat cake."

sandy alderson really has a type

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30817976/report-ex-new-york-mets-manager-mickey-callaway-accused-misconduct

Yeah, I like Alderson, but he maybe needs to go as well.

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