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MLB Trade Rumors 10:47pm CDT The Mets have fired hitting coach Chili Davis and assistant hitting coach Tom Slater, Tim Britton of The Athletic was among those to report. Minor league hitting coordinator Hugh Quattlebaum will take over for Davis, and farm director Kevin Howard will succeed Slater. New York made this decision in the wake of a 6-5 loss to St. Louis that dropped the team to a disappointing 11-12. A mediocre offensive performance has played a role in the Mets’ slow start, as their...

MLB Trade Rumors 10:47pm CDT The Mets have fired hitting coach Chili Davis and assistant hitting coach Tom Slater, Tim Britton of The Athletic was among those to report. Minor league hitting coordinator Hugh Quattlebaum will take over for Davis, and farm director Kevin Howard will succeed Slater. New York made this decision in the wake of a 6-5 loss to St. Louis that dropped the team to a disappointing 11-12. A mediocre offensive performance has played a role in the Mets’ slow start, as their...

MLB Trade Rumors 10:47pm CDT The Mets have fired hitting coach Chili Davis and assistant hitting coach Tom Slater, Tim Britton of The Athletic was among those to report. Minor league hitting coordinator Hugh Quattlebaum will take over for Davis, and farm director Kevin Howard will succeed Slater. New York made this decision in the wake of a 6-5 loss to St. Louis that dropped the team to a disappointing 11-12. A mediocre offensive performance has played a role in the Mets’ slow start, as their...

Zack Scott spoke about the decision to make the change. In the closing moment of last night’s game, the lights went out in a bizarre scene. Jacob deGrom was named National League Pitcher of the Month. The ace will look to continue his red-hot start tonight. A bad trifecta of issues is plaguing Lindor. Despite his struggles, Luis Rojas has no plans to drop Lindor in the order. Prior to the game, Lucchesi was called up to make the start, with Daniel Zamora getting optioned to the minors. The Me...

Mets Morning News: Back in first place! Share this story The Mets did not play a baseball game yesterday, as they have had more days off than every other team in the league so far this season. Marcus Stroman is expected to start for the Mets tonight at 7:05 ET as they visit Philadelphia for the second time this season. Mets owner Steve Cohen has been hosting dinner dates with players at his Connecticut home. Cohen also tweeted thoughts on the team’s lackluster offense and explosive pitchi...

This Week in Mets Quotes: deGrom wants Mets to get things rolling, Rojas wants to play more games Share this story Your 2021 “We’ll hopefully get this thing rolling.” -Jacob deGrom [MLB] Playing games helps play the game, huh, makes sense. “We’ve seen already some responses, positive responses, from pitching more, from playing more, from getting more at-bats. Playing games is definitely going to get us in better shape. But we’ve got to narrow it down to one at a time.” -Luis Roja...

The Mets now have one of baseballs best shortstops under contract for the next 11 years, as his new contract begins in 2022. Lindor is a four-time All-Star in six MLB seasons, sporting an .833 career OPS. Lindor combined to hit 103 home runs from 2017-19, tallying 329 runs in the three-year stretch. Clevelands former shortstop is also a two-time Gold Glove winner. Lindors extension continues a spending spree for the Mets after Steve Cohen took over as the teams owner in October 2020. New York r...

The Amed Rosario experiment in the outfield began on Tuesday, and it didn’t go too well, as Rosario had 3 errors to his name. After the game, Terry Francona said to blame those errors on him. Though the stolen base is not as popular today as it once was, there are still plenty of base stealers in the game, and MLB.com looks at who could steal the most bases this season. You can also view MLB.com’s top farm systems, here. Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue Brian Salvatore previewed Jordan Yamamot...

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