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The New York Mets snapped a losing streak against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday to join the handful of teams that have reached the 30-win mark.
Despite some controversy surrounding Juan Soto, the Mets have enjoyed a strong start to the season after a Cinderella playoff run last year followed by a blockbuster offseason. In addition to Soto, the team added Clay Holmes and Frankie Montas and re-signed Pete Alonso and Sean Manaea, among other moves.
But after the Mets’ first game of this series with the Red Sox, one player they had attempted to add over the winter opened up about his issues with the team.
After being ejected in the third inning for arguing with an umpire, Red Sox starter Walker Buehler noted that he “had a history with the Mets,” likely referring to his matchup against the team in last year’s National League Championship Series while he was a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to Chris Cotillo of MassLive.
“In an ironic twist, however, a source indicated recently that the Mets made a hard push to sign Buehler this winter and had a real shot at signing him before he agreed to a one-year, $21.05 million deal with the Red Sox,” Cotillo added. “Buehler confirmed those talks Wednesday.”
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It isn’t clear just how close the Mets came to signing Buehler, or if his showdown with the team in last year’s playoffs played any part in his decision to go with another offer. But Buehler acknowledged that the interest was significant.
“They definitely were one of the teams we had a lot of conversations with,” he told Cotillo.
Things might have been a lot different for the Mets and the Red Sox had those conversations gone any further. And they certainly would have changed Tuesday’s matchup between the two teams.
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Peter Chawaga is a veteran journalist covering Major League Baseball for The Sporting News. His MLB reporting has included feature interviews with commissioner Rob Manfred and Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz, salary analysis, player rankings and more. He has covered baseball for Forbes, Yardbarker, Pitcher List, Athlon and other outlets.
With over ten years of newsroom experience, he has previously covered finance, technology, arts, and culture for newspapers, magazines, and websites nationwide. He graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in English and journalism.
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