Morning Briefing: White Sox Hire Tony La Russa As Manager
Good Morning, Mets fans!
The offseason is officially in full swing with updates seeming to come out almost every hour.
The vote on Steve Cohen’s bid is set for 1:30 pm today. Mets fans have their fingers crossed hoping that the Long Island native will be approved as the franchise’s new owner.
Let’s go take a look at what else is happening in MLB.
Latest Mets News
Five Mets players have been nominated for the All-MLB team including Jacob deGrom, Edwin Diaz, Michael Conforto, Dominic Smith, and Robinson Cano.
Latest MLB News
Bill Shea of The Athletic takes a look at how the MLB markets its biggest stars to different types of fans.
The Chicago White Sox have hired their former manager Tony La Russa, 76, who was fired after leading the club from 1976-1986.
The Yankees have chosen to option Zack Britton for $14M via Jon Heyman.
Keith Law of The Athletic gives his rankings of this offseason’s top 40 MLB free agents.
With the offseason already in full swing, Mike Petriello of MLB.com gives his predictions of the 2020-2021 qualifying offer decisions.
MLB has proposed improvements to their MiLB facilities, which include better lighting and female staff locker rooms, via JJ Cooper of Baseball America.
MLB Network has announced their end of season award ceremony schedule which kicks off Monday, November 2nd with the BBWAA Awards finalists.
Miami Marlins have exercised their option on Starling Marte via MLB.com.
Latest NL East News
Jon Heyman of MLB.com has reported that the Braves have declined to option Darren O’Day, instead choosing a $550k buyout.
The Marlins have outright reinstated pitchers Drew Steckenrider, Brian Moran, and Brandon Leibrandt, via MLB Trade Rumors.
Andrew McCutchen fired shots at an NBC Sports Philidelphia article criticizing the center fielder’s contract.
Latest on MMO
Check out Matt Musico’s article on just how elite Edwin Diaz was in the 2020 season.
Rich Mancuso takes a look at what baseball was like during the pre-analytics era.
MMO writer Matthew Brownstein had the opportunity to interview 1986 Mets champion Wally Backman. You can find it here.
On This Day in Mets History
Birthdays: Joe Panik (30), Anderson Hernandez (38) Mike Jacobs (40), and Marco Scutaro (45)
Have a good weekend, Mets fans!