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Just when Sandy Alderson thought he was out, they pull him back in. The Mets president, hired by new owner Steve Cohen to direct all facets of the organization, will return to his front office roots, overseeing the club’s baseball operations for 2021 after failing to land a top outside candidate for the position, he... … [Read more...] about Mets not hiring president of baseball operations: Sandy Alderson

Steve Cohen won’t let J-Rod live down their failed bid to purchase the Mets. During Jennifer Lopez’s performance at Sunday’s American Music Awards, Entertainment Weekly tweeted, “Is there anything @Jlo can’t do?” to which the new Mets owner responded a day later, “I’ll give you a hint, it’s a team in NY.” Cohen beat out Lopez... … [Read more...] about Mets’ Steve Cohen shades Jennifer Lopez after AMAs 2020

Sandy Alderson says it’s still Tebow Time for the Mets. The Mets president on Monday said that that he encouraged Tim Tebow to return in 2021 and the former NFL quarterback agreed. “So I talked to Tim Saturday, in-between Florida football and some other SEC [broadcasting] obligations,” Alderson said. “He’s anxious to come back. And... … [Read more...] about Sandy Alderson didn’t want Tim Tebow’s baseball dream to end like this

Back when this was all fresh and new — what was that, two whole weeks ago? — Sandy Alderson described his newfound place in the Mets’ baseball hierarchy as team president thusly: “I have a seat at the table, but I don’t sit at the head of the table.” Monday, he had to alter that... … [Read more...] about Mets surprise gives Sandy Alderson chance to rewrite legacy

Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc Your Monday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets Steve Cohen continued his Twitter crusade against any and all incorrect reports about him or his precious team. Cohen also announced that he’ll appear on SNY for an interview at 7 PM EST on Wednesday. If something were to go catastrophically … [Read more...] about Mets Morning News for November 23, 2020

This week, the team discusses potential trade packages for players who would make sense for the Mets and their ramifications on the system from top to bottom. Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Believe it or not, but Toy Story turns 25 today, so the team takes a look in their toy boxes to see who and what … [Read more...] about From Complex To Queens: Down where the trade proposals play

Kiel Maddox-USA TODAY Sports Even with Marcus Stroman in the rotation, the Mets need more starters. We continue our series on starting pitchers who could help the Mets today with six more of them who are free agents. Even with Jacob deGrom, Marcus Storman, and David Peterson penciled in to the team’s Opening Day rotation and with Noah Syndergaard hopefully on track to … [Read more...] about Finding starting pitching for the Mets, Part 3

Congrats to our three winners! The 2019-20 Amazin’ Avenue Offseason Plan Contest is over, and the community has selected the winners. We had 18 entries this year, which was pruned down to five finalists by a panel of Amazin’ Avenue staff members. A poll for these five were presented on Thursday last week, and voting closed Sunday evening. Congratulations to the winners, and … [Read more...] about The 2020-21 AAOP: The Champions

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Sandy Alderson gave an update to the press this afternoon. In a press conference this afternoon, Mets team president Sandy Alderson indicated that the team will not hire a president of baseball operations, is in the process of hiring a general manager, and has informed Luis Rojas that he will return as the team’s manager for the 2021 … [Read more...] about Mets won’t hire president of baseball operations, will retain Luis Rojas as manager