Off the record, other front office members expounded on the role of familiarity. “Familiarity makes everything run more smoothly,” said one. “Sometimes that’s personal familiarity, and it’s often easier to start conversations or let something more open-ended develop casually if there’s enough of a relationship that there’s less formality. Sometimes that’s professional familiarity, and both [...]
Numerous reports indicate that this is probably the last season as a Met for first baseman Lucas Duda. He will either be traded before the July 31 deadline or else will likely sign elsewhere for the 2018 campaign, as his current contract with the Mets expires after this season. Assuming Duda does go, the presumptive [...]
Yoenis Cespedes single-handedly beat the Padres with a home run, triple, and double, knocking in three of the Mets' six runs. In typical Mets fashion, Cespedes had to exit the game with "leg fatigue" before he had a chance to complete the cycle. On a positive note, the Mets continue their trend of winning when [...]