Mets’ ridiculous Yankees policy is only hurting them
The Mets’ insistence on placing a tariff on the Yankees reeks of insecurity. When a team, in this case the one owned by the Wilpons, essentially quarantines another one from trade talks, that does not represent an out-of-the-box approach. Rather it boxes in management by reducing the field by one. What are the Wilpons afraid...
What could be next after the Mets became sudden trade buyers
It is as if Mortimer and Randolph Duke poked their heads into the major league baseball season and decided to have a little fun with everyone in Queens. Forget the trade deadline coming up on Wednesday. Even forget the deal pulled off on Sunday for Toronto’s Marcus Stroman that could be part of a larger...
Jacob deGrom has never seen Mets help like this before
You know that baseball cliché about seeing something for the first time just about every time you come to the ballpark? Thursday in Queens, cliché was reality. Because for the first time in Jacob deGrom’s 160 starts as a major leaguer, the Mets scored four runs in the first inning. Four. Runs. In. The. First....
Joel Sherman
Peter Botte