The Mets' TV network canceled Baseball Night in New York and Sportsnite while keeping Mets Hot Stove and pre/postgame coverage.
SportsNet New York, the television home of the Mets, carried out layoffs on Friday that gutted its website and wiped out a chunk of its original programming. The cuts took effect immediately, according to The Athletic's Andrew Marchand and Marc Carig, who were first to report the news.
Baseball Night in New York and Sportsnite are both gone. SNY will keep producing Mets Hot Stove, along with pre and postgame shows for both the Mets and the Jets. Reporters Chelsea Janes, Ian Begley and Connor Hughes are staying on, but much of the network's other talent and editorial staff were let go.
The Mets are owned by Steve Cohen, one of the wealthier owners in sports, which makes the scale of the cuts at the network notable on its own. No reason for the layoffs was given beyond the moves themselves.