Your Wednesday morning dose of New York Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and playoff coverage.
Meet the Mets
Congratulations to Jacob deGrom, who won his second Rookie of the Month award, this one for September.
Did the 2014 Mets underperform? That's what Jared Diamond contends, based on the team's run differential.
Mark Simon has a plan to make the Mets a contender and it involves acquiring a pair of slugging bats in RF and at SS. I would certainly be pleased with that offseason.
The A's may be out but there are things that the Mets can learn from them this season.
Bartolo Colon and his wife became United States citizens a few days ago. Congrats, Bartolo and Mrs. Bartolo!
Yesterday At AA
Chris McShane reviewed Zack Wheeler's 2014 season.
Around the Playoffs
What a game in Kansas City last night. The Royalsbattled back from a number of deficits to defeat the Athletics 9-8 in 12 innings. Salvador Perez's double won it for KC as they advance to the AL Division Series.
Around the Majors
David Samson says that Giancarlo Stanton will be on the 2015 Marlins. Take that for what it's worth.
The Braves' hitting coach has resigned.
GM Brian Cashman and the Yankees are working on a contract extension.
Chris Sale and manager Robin Ventura apparently had a heated argument last week.
Want awesome Nationals playoff tickets? You can get them but the price you'll have to pay is...let's go with very high.
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