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Jeff Wilpon Defends Mets’ Financial Plan
Jeff Wilpon, New York Mets chief operating officer, addressed several financial issues with MLB.com as the club opened spring training. The Mets’ projected payroll for this season is to be shy of $95...
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Drew Could Sit Out Until June
In the latest chapter of the Stephen Drew Chronicles, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, contends that the free agent shortstop could sit out until after the First Year Player Draft in June. He further adds...
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Mets Still Unsettled At Shortstop; Not Thrilled With Ruben Tejada
It’s not hard to figure out the New York Mets aren’t thrilled with the prospect of entering the season with Ruben Tejada as their shortstop. Despite off-season assertions from GM Sandy Alderson and...
View ArticleWrapping The Day: Ike Davis’ Motivation; Tejada Not Answer
Some people don’t get. It was reported by one Internet writer he was happy with the verbal sparring by Ike Davis with a reporter, saying it might “fire up,’’ the non-slugging first baseman. The point...
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Alderson Weighs In On Shortstop Situation; So Far, Endorses Tejada By Default
New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson danced around published reports critical of Ruben Tejada’s conditioning and steady media demands to sign Stephen Drew. Earlier this week, The New York Post,...
View ArticleWrapping Up The Day: Niese Gets MRI; Starting Rotation Announced; Shortstop...
Jonathon Niese, designated to be the New York Mets’ Opening Day starter, was sent to New York for a MRI on his sore shoulder. Niese suffered a rotator cuff injury last year, but the team said this pain...
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Revisiting Mets’ Primary Spring Training Issues
On the first day of spring training, I posed five Mets manager Terry Collins needed to answer by Opening Day. Now, halfway through – 20 days remaining to be exact – it is time to revisit those...
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Little Time, Many Questions For Mets
Spring training is not just to get ready for the season, but for teams to sharpen their cliché skills. The New York Mets have used many this spring, but the prevalent one is: There’s plenty of time...
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Plenty Of Names Out There, But All Signs Lead To Flores
The more GM Sandy Alderson talks about it, the more I am inclined to believe he will not acquire a shortstop this winter and the Mets will head into spring training with Wilmer Flores as their...
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Are Mets Sabotaging Flores?
I have been writing over a month Wilmer Flores should be the Opening Day shortstop. Speaking to reporters at the Winter Meetings in San Diego, GM Sandy Alderson all but confirmed it. “I’d say where we...
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