Most analysts/fans seem to think that the 2022 starting Mets catcher will be incumbent James McCann, who just completed the first year of his four-year contract. McCann will be playing in his age 32 season this year. His 2021 year was not inspiring, and he is at an age where players tend to decline, particularly [...]
Let’s see, the players want much needed fairness in the game and greedy owners, led by the master negotiator, Rob Manfred, want nothing but to preserve superiority over the MLBPA. It is a lousy old tune. Breaking word that the highly respected Jeff Passan has managed to upset the MLB and now is on the [...]
My football team is the Vikings and they need a lot of help. Unfortunately, they are roughly $15 million over the salary cap and that’s before signing any draft picks or free agents. They’re going to have to part ways with players they’d rather keep, along with renegotiating contracts on players they will keep, just [...]
A few days ago, Name left a comment where he wished that we could start from scratch with the business of baseball. That led me to a corresponding thought – what if we could start from scratch with the actual games being played in the actual stadiums. What would we keep and what would we [...]
One thing that I've tried to emphasize is that in discussions over the CBA, it's always the owners who have a harder time sticking together than the players. According tho SNY's Andy Martino, here's the issue facing the owners' lead negotiator, Dan Halem: Halem and commissioner Rob Manfred can, in good faith, personally want the [...]
In his first 12 games after the All-Star break, Taijuan Walker allowed 20 HR in 57 IP. That’s a 3.2 HR/9 rate, one that should have been high enough to have him removed from the rotation. Of course, with all of the injuries, the Mets didn’t have enough starters with Walker, so removing him from [...]
Please use this thread all week to discuss any Mets-specific topic you wish. So, the players rejected the owners' "last, best offer." For posterity, here's where the two sides are on some key issues: MLB proposed raising the tax threshold from $210 million to $220 million in each of the next three seasons, $224 million [...]
Recently, Liberty Media released financial statements, as is required for publicly traded companies. Liberty Media is a massive operation and among its holding are the Atlanta Braves. This means we get much better financial information – even if still not perfect - about the Braves than most every other club out there. The Braves, according [...]