Category Archives: 11-12 Offseason

Oberkfell Stays Local

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Joe Janish

According to Adam Rubin at ESPN-NY, former Mets bench coach and minor league manager Ken Oberkfell will join the coaching staff of the Newark Bears. I’m not surprised that Obie didn’t return to the Mets in some capacity, but I … Continue reading →

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Mets Spring Training Question 21: Ike Davis

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Joe Janish

With 21 Days Until Pitchers and Molinas report to spring training, let’s go through the Mets most burning 21 questions that need to be resolved before Opening Day — addressing one question at a time. Today’s question is: how will … Continue reading →

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Mets May Set Record

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Joe Janish

If things go as planned, the Mets could set a new Major League record on Opening Day:

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John Franco is a Mets Hall-of-Famer

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Paul Festa

Today, the Mets announced that John Franco will be inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame this season. The long-time Mets closer compiled 424 saves in his career, good for fourth all-time.  276 of those came as a New York … Continue reading →

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Jeff Francis Also Forsakes Flushing

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Joe Janish

You just can’t make this stuff up — yet another high-profile free-agent has refused to take the Mets’ money. The latest is former 17-game winner and 16-game loser Jeff Francis, who opted instead to accept an invitation to spring training … Continue reading →

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Fielder Follows Father’s Footsteps, Foregoes Flushing

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Joe Janish

For the second consecutive day, the Mets are left holding the bag. Still smarting from being spurned by Cody Ross the Mets received another blow when , Prince Fielder passed on the Mets’ flirtations and instead signed a 9-year deal … Continue reading →

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Red Sox Steal Cody Ross

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Joe Janish

The New York Mets received crushing news when Cody Ross announced he came to an agreement to play for the big bad Boston Red Sox in 2012. According to various rumor mills, the Mets were hot on the trail of … Continue reading →

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Should Mets Trade Jason Bay for A.J. Burnett?

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Joe Janish

This rumor just won’t go away, and there isn’t much else news to report from Flushing, so we may as well mull it over. The theory goes like this: the Yankees are looking for a righthanded power bat for a … Continue reading →

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