Cohen, Steven A
Tom Seaver’s Statue Stands 10 Feet Tall. Just Like Seaver.
A statue of Tom Seaver finally made its debut at Citi Field on Friday, hours before the Mets’ 2022 home opener and years after it, arguably, might have been built. The statue depicts Seaver — who more than 50 years ago transformed the Mets from a laughingstock into world champions — in his famous drop-and-drive […]
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‘It’s Not About Me’: Max Scherzer Bucks a System That Worked For Him
JUPITER, Fla. — Max Scherzer drives a Porsche. That shouldn’t be shocking. He’s a very talented and highly compensated professional athlete. Investment bankers, company executives and movie stars drive them, too. And M.L.B.’s billionaire club owners have mansions, jets and lavish artwork. Throughout his decorated career, Scherzer has signed two free agent contracts worth a […]
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Buck Showalter Introduced as Mets Manager
In most any other year, Buck Showalter’s first order of business upon taking over a new team would be to call players and fire off text messages. In baseball’s off-season, that is the easiest way to start getting to know players before spring training starts in mid-February. But with the sport frozen because of a […]
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Mets Hire Buck Showalter as Manager in Latest Win-Now Move
The Buck Showalter Experience pulled into Queens on Saturday, when the Mets became the fifth team to hire Showalter as manager. He has guided the Yankees, the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles for more than 3,000 games, but the dugout cannot always contain him. Once, before a game in Texas, Showalter […]
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Max Scherzer and the Mets Agree on Massive Three-Year Deal
After the Mets’ billionaire owner, Steven A. Cohen, flexed some of his financial might over the weekend with three new additions, he made his splashiest move yet. On Monday, the Mets and Max Scherzer, a three-time winner of the Cy Young Award, agreed to a record-setting deal that would pair him with a two-time winner […]
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Mets Bolster Offense With Starling Marte, Eduardo Escobar and Mark Canha
In Billy Eppler’s last general manager job, with the Los Angeles Angels, his roster had a few big stars with exorbitant contracts, but not much else. The Angels collapsed under that lopsided structure, and a lack of depth has also stymied his new team, the Mets. “Personally, that’s one of my bigger takeaways over the […]
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Hiring Billy Eppler as GM Is a ‘Relief’ for Mets Leadership
There are lots of reasons to be encouraged by the hiring of Billy Eppler, who was finally introduced on Friday as the Mets’ new general manager. As a pro scouting director, he helped win a World Series for the Yankees. As a general manager, he signed Shohei Ohtani for the Los Angeles Angels. At 46, […]
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