Keith Hernandez’s exclusion from the National Baseball Hall of Fame is one of the most glaring omissions in baseball history. Few players have ever impacted the game as dynamically as Hernandez, particularly on the defensive side of the ball. He won 11 consecutive Gold Gloves (1978-1988), the most ever by a first baseman, setting the standard…
Here is your Mets Morning Roundup of some things happening in Mets land. OMG – José Iglesias aka Candelita signs with Padres Jose Iglesias has signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres. Thus ends the Candelita / OMG era. We enjoyed watching Jose play with the Mets and how he was a…
On this day, February 21, 1974, the Mets signed Tom Seaver for a 1-yr contract valued at $172,500. Adjusting for inflation this would be worth $1.1M in 2025. How times have changed. Coming off an electric 1973 where Tom won the Cy Young Award, winning 19 games with an ERA of 2.08 the Mets were…
