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Mets 101 News and Notes: 12 Days to Opening Day
March 20th, 2013 at 9:31 PM
Spring training is nearing it's end and roster decisions are going to start coming soon from the New York Mets.   Injuries have set the tone for the Mets this spring as yet another arm has gone down.  The starting rotation is currently in flux and we do not know who...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Spring Training Edition, Week 5
March 13th, 2013 at 4:13 PM
Spring training is nearing it's end and roster decisions are going to start coming soon from the New York Mets. The club has numerous outfield and bullpen battles to settle and rumors of a certain left handed starter being disgruntled are also floating around camp. This week's edition of Mets...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Spring Training Week 2
February 21st, 2013 at 8:00 AM
Spring Training is officially underway as the Mets have made their way to Port St. Lucie to get ready for the 2013 season.  The Mets have been working hard down in Florida and there has been no shortage of news for this week’s edition of Mets 101 News and Notes. Frank...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Spring Training Edition, Week One
February 13th, 2013 at 7:29 AM
As the northeast braces for another six weeks of winter, signs that spring is approaching are starting to appear. Throughout the major leagues, teams are reporting to spring training in Florida and Arizona in advance of the 2013 baseball season. The New York Mets are no different, as Monday marked...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Cy Young Award Revealed Tonight
November 14th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
R.A. Dickey's quest for the Cy Young Award will finally reach its conclusion tonight. The award winner will be revealed tonight at 6:30 pm. Dickey, who went 20-6 with a 2.73 ERA, is the presumptive favorite for the award. Dickey's odds on winning the Cy Young Award headline this week's...

Mets 101 News and Notes Special Edition: Free Agency Rumors
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Baseball's free agency period is now officially underway and the New York Mets are hard at work. Besides working out extensions for David Wright and R.A. Dickey, the team is said to be seeking upgrades behind the plate and in the outfield. As the hot stove is just churning up,...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Option Day is Coming Due for David Wright, R.A. Dickey
October 30th, 2012 at 7:56 AM
First and foremost, here's to hoping that all of our readers who are impacted by Hurricane Sandy are doing alright. Between the arrival of "Frankenstorm" and the 24/7 news coverage of it, it would be understandable if you haven't heard that the 2012 season is over. After the San Francisco...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Mike Pelfrey Will Be Non-Tendered
October 24th, 2012 at 1:05 PM
As the New York Mets are moving along into the offseason, they are starting to factor arbitration elibility into the team's decisions for 2013. Several players have already been pruned from the 40 man roster to make room for prospects such as Zack Wheeler and Darin Gorski in order to...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Jordany Valdespin Playing Right Field in Winter Ball
October 17th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
It is a relatively quiet time for the New York Mets right now. The baseball postseason is still in progress and we are roughly a month away from free agency, so much of the news surrounding the team will heat up after the World Series. While the club is quietly...

Mets 101 News and Notes: New York Mets Have 100 Million Dollar Offer Ready for David Wright
October 10th, 2012 at 2:21 PM
The offseason is less than a week old and the New York Mets are hard at work trying to secure two important cornerstones to their future. It is no secret around baseball that the top priority for Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson to sign All Stars David Wright and R.A....

Mets 101 News and Notes: Winds of Change are Coming to Flushing
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Today marks the final day of the 2012 regular season for the New York Mets, and it will come not a moment too soon for the team's fans and players. A once promising 2012 campaign got sunk by a miserable start to the season's second half, which exposed a lot...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Sandy Alderson Speaks Out About 2012
September 26th, 2012 at 12:30 PM
As the New York Mets can see the finish line for the 2012 season, the time has come to begin assessing the season that was. The organization will face some difficult decisions in the third year of Sandy Alderson's regime, and looking back at the missteps of 2012 will allow...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Could Ike Davis Be on the Trading Block?
September 18th, 2012 at 4:45 PM
Editor's Note: Tonight's game has been postponed due to the incoming bad weather and will be made up on Thursday at 7:10 pm. To make up for the lack of game coverage tonight, here is this week's Mets 101 News and Notes. Enjoy! As the New York Mets snooze through another...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Jenrry Mejia Will Rejoin Rotation on Saturday
September 12th, 2012 at 11:18 AM
***PHOTO1*** As the New York Mets continue their very slow march to the end of the season, the team has begun to focus on giving some of its younger players a chance to play against major league competition. This news may seem long overdue to fans, who have grown tired of...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Terry Collins’ Job is Safe for Now
August 29th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
The New York Mets have managed a slight turn around in the last several days. When the club was in the midst of its tailspin, including a six game losing streak lowlighted by a four game home sweep from the Colorado Rockies, rumors began to swirl about the future of...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Jason Bay is Here to Stay
August 8th, 2012 at 1:51 PM
As the New York Mets returned home, one of the big questions surrounding the team was the future of outfielder Jason Bay. General Manager Sandy Alderson had hinted before the team's road trip that Bay would get an 11 game opportunity to show where he fit into the team's plans...

Mets 101 News and Notes: New York Mets Could Use R.A. Dickey More in Second Half
July 14th, 2012 at 1:00 PM
The news of Dillon Gee's recent shoulder issues has cast a big question mark on the New York Mets starting rotation for the second half of the season. While Miguel Batista has been temporarily been named to fill Gee's spot in the rotation and fans clamoring for prospect Matt Harvey,...

Mets 101 News and Notes: All Star Edition
July 9th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
The New York Mets have hit the unofficial halfway point of the season, the All Star Game, at 46-40 for the season. While many of the team's players and coaches will take a well deserved four day break to recharge for the second half, some of the players (such as...

Mets 101 News and Notes: Could Francisco Rodriguez Return to Flushing?
July 4th, 2012 at 2:15 PM
The New York Mets will hope to set off some more offensive fireworks today against the Philadelphia Phillies, but that is not all that is going on surrounding the Mets. There have been some new trade rumors introduced to the forum and a bit of injury news as well, so...