Benjamin Grimm

Well, you have to operate as if there will be a 2027. And I think there will be, although it may very well be very abbreviated.

With more experience, he may be able to get it up to four!

Write to them and see if they're willing to give it up.

I'm a fan of Lindor as well. He's one of my favorite Mets of this decade. And the raccoon argument was between Lindor and McNeil.

I think the failure in the second half of 2025 can be written off as bad luck. If Ryan Helsley hadn't failed so miserably, the Mets would have made the playoffs. But what happened this past offseason looked like a disaster from the beginning. It finally looked a bit better when the Mets got Bichette and Peralta, but we've seen that it wasn't enough. Getting Polanco and Robert didn't impress anyone, and the starting rotation was always looking like a lot of maybes. They need to rethink their rule about avoiding longer-term contracts. If they limit to three years, they won't get the best players and even when they do get a prime player, like Bichette, he'll be likely to be a short-termer. Stearns needs to put more value on stability. It's not a great idea to have to rebuild the roster every year as much as he has.

I'm hoping they trade Peralta to Milwaukee for Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams.

Keep the guys who you think can help in 2027 (if there is a 2027, of course). I don't see why you wouldn't. If you trade Weaver now you'll just have to try to replace him in the offseason.

I wasn't aware that the rule was removed. Is there no longer a minimum amount of time required?

Yeah, I'm not buying Beltran as a deity either. I wonder how many people are?

Tell them your name is David Ross.

Former Cubs manager (2020 through 2023) David Ross has expressed an interest in the Mets job, according to SNY.

July 27 would give him time to make one or two appearances before the trade deadline.

I found it with a Google image search.

I guess we have our answer. June Doom.

You may have missed it, but the Tabloid Cover Derby is a thing of the past.

I looked up Huff's tweet. He's really vile. I'm glad he's not a Met, although we've had a few awful people too.

Davey Johnson did okay.

It's very different. It's saying that the Mets could have signed Pete Alonso or Edwin Diaz (for two very recent examples) to a six-year contract, but every other team would have been limited to signing him for five years.

Laura Albanese of Newsday lists eight candidates to be the next permanent manager. Pujols is among them. Edgy MD isn't. Andy Green Green has had significant success as senior vice president of baseball development and has the experience, having managed the Padres from 2016 to 2019, though to little success. Those teams had a combined .428 win percentage. Kai Correa The bench coach is usually next in line when a manager is fired, and the Mets were certainly high on Correa, whom they brought on for his defensive acumen. Correa served as the Giants’ interim manager for three games in 2023, and could eventually ascend to the top spot as he continues to develop in the co-pilot chair under Green. Carlos Beltran Already serving as a special assistant to the general manager, Beltran was named manager in November 2019 before the commissioner’s report on the Astros' sign-stealing scandal called him out by name. Baseball has since forgiven him — he’ll be inducted into the Hall of Fame this summer — and this could be his time for a second chance. Alex Cora Cora was fired by the Red Sox earlier this season, but helped that team win a World Series in 2018 and has a career .534 win percentage. He also helped the Astros win a World Series as a coach in 2017, but he was heavily involved in the sign-stealing scandal. Dick Scott Scott, the team’s Triple-A manager, was highly regarded last year for the progress he made with both prospects and players alike. He and his coaching staff helped Francisco Alvarez get back on track after his demotion in 2025, and he helped foster the likes of Nolan McLean, Jonah Tong and Brandon Sproat. That said, much of the Mets’ minor-league talent has taken a step back this season. Albert Pujols Coming off a stint as the Dominican Republic’s manager in the World Baseball Classic, the Hall of Famer is in pursuit of his first true major league managerial job and previously interviewed for the Angels position before they opted for Kurt Suzuki. Rocco Baldelli Baldelli, currently with the Dodgers' front office, might want another crack at the manager’s chair after serving as the Twins’ skipper from 2019 to 2025, and as a coach with the Rays for three years before that. Mark DeRosa Team USA's manager for the World Baseball Classic in both 2023 and 2026, the former utility infielder was on the short list to replace Terry Collins in 2017 before then-general manager Sandy Alderson opted for Mickey Callaway.

And became a Hall of Fame manager.

I tend to agree.

This is from ESPN. This is the first time I'm seeing the term "Cornerstone Player Provision" MLB wants maximum 5-year deals for free agents changing teams Link to the full article: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49186750/mets-fire-manager-carlos-mendoza-34-47-start As part of the next collective bargaining agreement with players, Major League Baseball wants a maximum contract length of five years for free agents who are switching teams while organizations will have the ability to keep their own players for up to six years, calling it a Cornerstone Player Provision. The potential change to free agency comes as the league addressed reserve clause issues in a Thursday meeting with the MLBPA and would take effect after the 2027 season. The league's proposal includes raising the minimum salary from $780,000 to $1 million in 2027 for players with at least two years of service time. Any player with zero or one-plus years of service time will receive $1 million if they receive a full year of service, which includes $900,000 minimum salary plus an automatic $100,000 bonus from the Pre-Arbitration Bonus Pool. The increase in the minimum is the largest year-over-year increase in MLB history, according to league data. Minimums would increase in future years along with the payroll floor and ceiling. Additionally, players who reach five years of service time by age 30 would become eligible for free agency, a provision the union first put forth recently as part of its own CBA proposal. Currently, players of any age need six years of service time before becoming a free agent. That system has been in place since the advent of free agency in MLB in 1976. The league also proposed eliminating deferred contracts as well as the qualifying offer but didn't ask for any changes to its arbitration system.

Yes. This is just step one.