Today is November 28th!

On this date in 1961, the Mets executed the first trade in team history. The Milwaukee Braves traded outfielder Frank Thomas with a player to be named later, Rick Herrscher, to the expansion New York Mets for a player to be named later and $100,000 cash. The Mets sent outfielder Gus Bell to the Braves on May 21, 1962, the Mets had drafted Bell from the Cincinnati Reds with the eighth overall pick in the 1961 expansion draft on October 10, 1961. Lefty pitcher Bobby Shantz was in that expansion draft, did you know he is still alive? He turned 100 back on September 26th.

The Mets are teaming up with New York Cares for their 19th Annual Coat Drive presented by your local Toyota dealers on Wednesday, December 10, from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Mets Team Store at Citi Field. Free parking will be available in Lot G. Fans bringing a new or gently used winter coat will receive a voucher redeemable for two (2) tickets to a select Monday – Thursday Mets home game in 2026. Fans will be limited to one (1) ticket voucher. Fans who donate will also receive an exclusive 20% discount at the team store. Some exclusions may apply. Please note that non-winter coats like windbreakers, jean jackets, raincoats or other light jackets will not be accepted. Fans will be limited to one (1) ticket voucher. Free parking for the Coat Drive will be available in Lot G. Lot G can be accessed through Gate 1 on Seaver Way.

10 comments

  1. Gomez is lying, there’s no way on God’s green earth is Sterns offering Valdez a 6/200 deal when he so far won’t do 5/100 on a 1 year younger Edwin Diaz

  3. I don’t believe the Framber reports mostly because Gomez is wrong quite often. I don’t however agree with the conclusion that Stearns wouldn’t target him at the rumored valuation because he didn’t target better pitchers last winter at similar or less value.

    Not every offseason has the same goals and player valuations. The market changes. Circumstances change. We’ve just watched a season that featured 4 months of some of the most horrific SP I’ve ever seen, night in night out starters leaving by the 4th inning. Single handedly cost us a playoff berth. Not hard to see where there’s a clear need to bring in a credible, top of the rotation arm to pair with McLean.

    It could be the calculus that Framber’s got a couple of good seasons left in him and then would be an expensive deal on the back end. By which time it’s easier to deal with it because we’d have good, cheap pitching on the roster and the way the market is going – $30+ mil a year for a 4th/5th starters isn’t gonna be seen as egregious so long as he’s still capable of eating up 30 starts a year. Workhorses always carry extra value, we should know this from what we just watched.

    Anyway – I don’t think we’re getting him but I’m not gonna dismiss the interest could be there. Lots of ways you could structure deals nowadays.

  4. Valdez crossed up his own catcher and then signs with the Mets? Yeah, sounds like something the Mets would do.

  5. I don’t want the Mets to sign Valdez but the Mets are going to have to do something uncomfortable to upgrade their rotation. They can’t do nothing. Contending without ever doing something uncomfortable or risky doesn’t seem realistic.

  8. The Mets losing culture is its own worst enemy. It goes for the fans, it goes for the media, and clearly it goes for the franchise. Stearns guided us to a fucking NLCS against a legendary dynasty in Year 1. I have no doubts last year was largely on him – but can the guy get some fucking rope? We are at the point where every move we are even potentially rumored to be on gets unfair scrutiny. We need pitching – if you don’t understand that then I’m afraid we weren’t watching the same baseball team last year. I’m not making a 1v1 comparison but I bet you weren’t in favor of going after Snell last year either? Fried? At some point you’re going to need to take a chance on proven talent. You’re going to have to overpay. You’re going to have to live with the results. A lot of this fanbase operates like we have to make every single move at a 4D ultra chess level then complains when the results that type of thinking yields what we saw last year.

    This team would be 100% better off with Framber Valdez. I hope we sign him, I hope he proves doubters wrong. Then go get fucking Skubal (if possible without giving up Tong or Benge) and we are actually cooking.

  9. Maybe I’m crazy, but I wish the Mets would have went for Cease over potentially Valdez lol. Maybe it’s just one incident and it won’t happen again, but I can’t move past that cross up incident. Also being 32 and signing a 6 year deal doesn’t feel as great signing a 29 year old to a 7 year deal.

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