MMO Fan Shot: Why Hasn’t Sandy Made a Trade Yet?
An MMO Fan Shot by Gregg Cambareri It’s no secret that pressure on the Mets front office has significantly increased since their abysmal 1-7 road trip. It’s left fans, bloggers, and media members...
View ArticleAstros Acquire Scott Kazmir From A’s
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reports that the Oakland A’s have shipped starter Scott Kazmir to the Houston Astros for prospects RHP Daniel Mengden and highly regarded catcher Jacob Nottingham. The...
View ArticleFor Terry’s Future, It’s Playoffs or Bust
After Tuesday night’s 4-0 win against the San Diego Padres, Terry Collins told the media that he doesn’t believe there’s too many teams out there that would want to face the Mets pitching staff in a...
View ArticleThis Weekend Proved What A Little Confidence Can Do
Sandy Alderson acquired much more in the last 10 days than just three bats and a reliever. In choosing to buy at the trade deadline, Alderson and the New York Mets have opted for competitive...
View ArticleMets Enjoying Huge Revenue and Attendance Spike, But…
Mets chief revenue officer Lou DePaoli told Steven Marcus of Newsday that the team currently has the sixth-largest attendance increase of all MLB teams over last year’s figures. Through 56 home games...
View ArticleMLB Commish Glad To See Mets and Yanks In Playoff Hunt, Says Told You So On...
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred can feel the excitement in the city and said he’s thrilled to see both the Mets and Yankees in a playoff race this late in the season. “I have to say it’s a great thing for...
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MMO Original: Pay The Man
A lot of Mets fans are asking the same question these days, what will it take to sign Yoenis Cespedes to a long term deal? Well, lets look at some dollar numbers. $1.5 Billion per year through 2021 …...
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Mets Now Expected To Extend Murphy $15.8 Million Qualifying Offer
The last 24-48 hours has been fraught with leaks reportedly from various Mets executives and insiders that there was no chance second baseman Daniel Murphy will be a Met next season. Today, Jon Heyman...
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The Massive Monetary Implications Of A Winning Mets Team
Regardless of what your thoughts are concerning former MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, as a Mets fan you have to consider the fact that he may have had more of an impact on your team’s fortunes than you...
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Yoenis Cespedes Is Still Not The Answer
With Michael Cuddyer‘s sudden and shocking retirement this weekend, the Mets 2016 payroll is right around where it was at the beginning of the offseason. With two holes filled essentially for free,...
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Looking At Where Mets Payroll Currently Stands
Is it possible that the New York Mets could essentially have their entire offseason plan wrapped up by the start of the New Year? It’s absolutely plausible. I wanted to take a quick look at where the...
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What’s Everyone Screaming About?
As promised I wanted to weigh in on the latest concocted controversy stemming from the Mets signing a left-handed outfielder to platoon with Juan Lagares on Monday- which by the way was the team’s...
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The Sustainability Doctrine And The 2016 Mets
Sustainability. Wikipedia tells us: In ecology, sustainability is the capacity to endure; it is how biological systems remain diverse and productive indefinitely. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and...
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Sandy Alderson Addresses Payroll Questions and Yoenis Cespedes
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson was on hand at the New York Athletic Club for Thursday’s Hall of Fame press conference for Mike Piazza and Ken Griffey Jr. After the event, spoke to reporters and...
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Where Was Jeff Wilpon?
If you had an opportunity to watch the Hall of Fame press conference, you would’ve noticed the Mets sent a contingent there to show their support and appreciation for Mike Piazza. Team owner Jeff...
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Where Does It Say That Money Is The Answer?
I grew up a Mets fans surrounded by Yankees fans. But since my childhood was in the 1980s, those Yankee fans weren’t nearly as loud about the greatness of their franchise at that time. Fast-forward to...
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Report: Cespedes Weighing Orioles Offer, But Mets Not Out Yet
According to Roch Kubatko of MASN.com, the Baltimore Orioles have extended a formal contract offer to free agent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes. Jerry Crasnick of ESPN adds that the Orioles offer is...
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Cespedes’ Market Hasn’t Shaped Up How We Thought It Would
If you would have told me in November that we would be refreshing out Twitter feeds on January 17th, praying to see a report indicating Yoenis Cespedes is heading back to Queens, I probably would of...
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Mets Back Among Top 15 MLB Payrolls
According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, Mets payroll – which he calculates to be $134 million – currently ranks 13th in Major League Baseball. That puts them ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays and the...
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MMO Mailbag: Sorry To Disappoint You
Morgan writes… I think you were way to quick to say you were “moving on” from the Mets payroll discussion just based on a one-year deal to Yoenis Cespedes, which quite frankly they were forced to do...
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