Although his major league career was brief, the pitcher claimed an unlikely World Series ring in his rookie season with the ...

in which the Mets upset the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles in five games. After his only season in New York, DiLauro was selected by the Houston Astros in the Rule 5 draft on Dec. 1, 1969.

Ahead of Juan Soto decision, entitled Yankee minds thought nobody could ever possibly choose the New York Mets ...

Soto signed a 15-year, $765 contract with the Mets on the eve of the Baseball Winter Meetings in Dallas on Dec. 8. The Yankees had offered him a 16-year, $760 deal, but Mets owner Steve Cohen ...