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Curtis Granderson isn't worried about rumors of the Mets potentially trading him, according to NY Daily News' James Miller.  With Mets expected to be sellers before the trade deadline, Granderson is one of the players producing trade talks. However, he has been around long enough not to pay attention to rumors. "The biggest thing with the rumors right now is that they're exactly that: just rumors," Granderson said at the New York Public Library Friday as he promoted his Grand Kids Foundation. "The one thing that I tell guys is -- because I've been rumored to be traded a lot of different times over the course of my career and I've only been traded one time and it happened in the offseason -- a Continue to Article

July 22, 2017 11:00:am EST

Things you should know about today's game... 1) Michael Conforto hit a pair of two-run homers and tied his career high with four RBIs. His second home run in the seventh gave the Mets a four-run cushion at the time and proved to be the difference in the game. 2) T.J. Rivera hit a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth and then raced around the bases for a Little League home run when A's third baseman Matt Chapman threw wildly towards second base. Yoenis Cespedes paced the Mets with three hits while Conforto and Rivera each had two for New York. 3) Steven Matz allowed three runs over five innings and was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the bottom half despite having thrown just 83 pitches. The southpaw Continue to Article

July 21, 2017 10:45:pm EST

Will Yoenis Cespedes find his way back to Oakland before his career is over? Yoenis Cespedes made a big commitment to the New York Mets over the winter, agreeing to a four-year, $110 million contract. In fact, before the Mets took on the Oakland Athletics at Citi Field on Friday night, Cespedes told Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle that the preferred final chapter of his playing career would take him back where it all began: Oakland. Continue to Article

July 21, 2017 8:29:pm EST

Oakland is visiting New York for a series against the Mets this weekend, and the occasion gave outfielder Yoenis Cespedes the opportunity to appreciate his former club and reminisce a little. In regards to possibly one day going back to play for the A’s, Cespedes told the San Francisco Chronicle, “I wish that happens. I told Blevins, ‘I don’t know how many years I’m going to play, but I’m going to play the last year of my career with Oakland.’ I don’t know if that’s possible or not, but that’s my goal.” “I still love the A’s, they were the first team to give me an opportunity to play in the big leagues. I love Oakland all the time.” He also specifically pointed out his love for A’s manager Bob Continue to Article

July 21, 2017 7:59:pm EST

Curtis Granderson isn't worried about rumors of the Mets potentially trading him, according to NY Daily News' James Miller.  With Mets expected to be sellers before the trade deadline, Granderson is one of the players producing trade talks. However, he has been around long enough not to pay attention to rumors. "The biggest thing with the rumors right now is that they're exactly that: just rumors," Granderson said at the New York Public Library Friday as he promoted his Grand Kids Foundation. "The one thing that I tell guys is -- because I've been rumored to be traded a lot of different times over the course of my career and I've only been traded one time and it happened in the offseason -- a Continue to Article

July 21, 2017 7:41:pm EST