• I’m not counting on MLB 2020 season happening just yet: Sherman

    I’m not counting on MLB 2020 season happening just yet: Sherman

    Read More: MLB 2020 season threatened by utter compensation nonsense Clock is suddenly ticking on MLB’s 82-game season proposal MLB doesn’t make economic proposal in lengthy union meeting MLB blew its chance to lead sports’ coronavirus return
  • Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez get another backer for Mets bid

    Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez get another backer for Mets bid

    Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez appear to have at least one new backer in their quest to make an Amazin’ bid on the Mets. The Galatioto Sports Partners investment bank is working with two investors who are considering investing up to a combined $250 million with A-Rod and J.Lo for their Mets bid, a source …
  • MLB stars pressure owners with ‘tell us when and where’ campaign

    MLB stars pressure owners with ‘tell us when and where’ campaign

    It may be orchestrated. It could be social media momentum. Or, possibly, it is simply players expressing their desire to get back on the field. Whatever the case may be, several of baseball’s big names have taken to Twitter with a simple message: “Tell us when and where.” From Mike Trout to Pete Alonso, Blake …
  • Wilpons trying to buy time on Mets sale with $250 million maneuver

    Wilpons trying to buy time on Mets sale with $250 million maneuver

    With the market to buy a baseball team cooling, are the Mets looking to turn down the heat? Sportico reported on Tuesday that the Mets’ owners, who have been shopping their team for a lengthy period (and announced plans to sell to hedge-fund magnate Steve Cohen before those talks fell apart), are trying to extend …
  • Rob Manfred failed MLB players by delivering wrong message: Sherman

    Rob Manfred failed MLB players by delivering wrong message: Sherman

    Rob Manfred went on national TV on Monday and delivered the wrong message. It is not just that he did such a public 180 by announcing he no longer is confident there will be a 2020 major league season five days after putting it at 100 percent that there would be one. Yep, that was …
  • ‘MLB should be embarrassed’: Players livid with Rob Manfred

    ‘MLB should be embarrassed’: Players livid with Rob Manfred

    Trevor Bauer is calling the commissioner’s bluff. Shortly after Rob Manfred reneged on his recent “100 percent” guarantee that there will be baseball in 2020 and said he was “not confident” games would be played this year, the outspoken Reds pitcher took to Twitter to declare that the commissioner is delaying negotiations on behalf of …
  • MLB threatening to cancel 2020 season amid Rob Manfred about-face

    MLB threatening to cancel 2020 season amid Rob Manfred about-face

    Commissioner Rob Manfred less than a week ago pronounced “100 percent” that “we’re playing Major League Baseball” in 2020. Hold that thought. MLB sent a letter to the union Monday that basically translated to the sides either come to an agreement on how to return to the field — notably pay the players — or …
  • Mets mailbag: The payroll catastrophe awaiting Mets if Wilpons don’t sell

    Mets mailbag: The payroll catastrophe awaiting Mets if Wilpons don’t sell

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Mets If the Wilpons lose a lot of money this season and continue to own the team, how …
  • Unprecedented MLB work stoppage could be devastating: Sherman

    Unprecedented MLB work stoppage could be devastating: Sherman

    We have not seen one of these in a while. A quarter of a century has elapsed since we were last here. So there has been hesitancy to call what is going on with Major League Baseball what it is, but this is a labor-related work stoppage. It does not fit comfortably into one of …
  • International buyer emerges in possible bid to buy Mets

    International buyer emerges in possible bid to buy Mets

    Mets COO Jeff Wilpon’s statement Thursday, “There’s four or five suitors that are out there” to buy the franchise, is raising eyebrows in sports business circles. According to multiple sources familiar with the market for the Amazin’s, if there are three or more bidders for the team, New York has a real mystery on its …