Author: Mathew Brownstein

MMO Exclusive: Former Reliever, Carlos Torres

The life of a Major League Baseball player has many impressive benefits, with the big two being wealth and fame. Living out a dream that for many of these men started on local fields, backyards, or watching their favorite players on television is the ultimate testament to hard work and dedication to one’s craft. A major part of a professional baseball player’s career is the constant...

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MMO Exclusive: Left-Handed Pitcher, Stephen Gonsalves

In early November, the New York Mets claimed left-handed pitcher Stephen Gonsalves off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. The 25-year-old San Diego native brings much-needed depth to a Mets team that saw several of its high-end pitching talent traded away over the course of a year, including Justin Dunn, Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods-Richardson. It wasn’t long ago that Gonsalves was a Top...

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MMO Exclusive: Chad Kreuter, Manager of the St. Lucie Mets

Spending sixteen years in the Major Leagues playing for some of the smartest coaches and managers, being teammates with dozens of All-Stars and Hall of Fame players and playing a position in catcher – which tends to translate into having a strong baseball acumen – Chad Kreuter has a ton of knowledge to share. Since being drafted in the fifth round of the 1985 Major League Draft by...

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MMO Exclusive: Co-Author of “The MVP Machine,” Ben Lindbergh

In this age of Major League Baseball, one in which data, analytics and technology are at the forefront and supply teams with substantiated numbers and information, players and front offices are using these advances to help enhance talent and shape organizational philosophies. While utilizing this technology and data, players, coaches and the front office are able to more accurately assess...

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MMO Exclusive: ’69 World Series Champion, Ron Swoboda

  Even though Ron Swoboda wasn’t the best player or one that possessed a ton of tools, his name is forever revered by Mets’ fans for his contributions in bringing the first championship to Queens in 1969, after seven-straight losing seasons since the club came into existence in 1962. What Swoboda was to many was ‘the affable everyman,’ a grinder on the field with a...

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