The Mets wasted no time locking down closer Edwin DÃaz, offering him a record-breaking five-year, $102 million contract to stay in Flushing. The deal includes an opt-out and full no-trade clause, along with a sixth-year option. The contract is the largest ever for a reliever at $16 million more than Aroldis Chapman’s $86 million, five-year …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Mike Stobe/Getty Images) The New York Yankees came off a Game 7 loss to the Houston Astros in the 2017 American League Championship Series. They were a team on the rise with Greg Bird, Gary Sanchez and Clint Frazier leading the way. Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres were going to …
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BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Brad Penner/USA Today Sports) For a cheap stupid human trick, Yankees mental skills coach Chad Bohling decided to motivate the players by showing highlights of the 2004 Red Sox coming back to beat the Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series in the morning prior to Game 4 ALCS. …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Bill Kostroun/New York Post) It’s been a week now since the San Diego Padres ended the Mets season by winning the deciding game of wild-card series in three games. Mets fans are still stung about what happened after envisioning dreams of a long October run going back in the summer. …
Let’s face it, Mets fans were disappointed with the lack of big moves before the trade deadline. This isn’t news. The additions of Daniel Vogelbach, Tyler Naquin, Darin Ruf, and Mychal Givens didn’t fix the team’s needs, neither short- nor long-term. As it stands, the Mets have big decisions ahead this offseason, with many players …
The time has come for this Mets fan to think about what could have been. The players the team let walk, for better or for worse. Here is a rundown of ex-Mets looking to make a deep playoff run with their new teams. Philadelphia Phillies (87-75): Zack Wheeler (RHP), Noah Syndergaard (RHP) Zack Wheeler spent …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: New York Yankees/Getty Images) It could be easy for the Mets to punt next season with so many of their players being free agents. They are not going to sign everyone. Most likely, Edwin Diaz and Brandon Nimmo will be back. It’s 50-50 Jacob deGrom will be back. It’s hard …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Sarah Stier/Getty Images) It wasn’t Chris Bassitt’s second-inning meltdown that stood out in the Mets’ 6-0 wild-card series finale loss to the San Diego Padres at Citi Field Sunday night. It was his comments about playing in New York on Saturday night after the Mets avoided elimination in their 7-3 …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Elsa/Getty Images) The Mets stars knew what was at stake Saturday night. They did not need to be reminded. They had to play better for the Mets to keep their season going after a 7-1 loss to the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of the wild-card series Friday night. …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Sarah Stier/Getty Images) The Mets hosted a postseason game at Citi Field on Friday night for the first time since 2016. There was an anticipated buzz flowing from Willets Point train station to the stadium hours before the game started as one would expect. After a frustrating weekend at Atlanta …
