For over thirty years, Jim Reeves has been traveling the Pacific Northwest as an area scout, responsible for roughly 2,000,000 square miles, to help the New York Mets find the next crop of potential major league talent. The role of an area scout involves getting to know the programs, schools, coaches, and players in their respective territories, and traveling to various games and showcases in...
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Prior to being traded over to the New York Mets with Javier Báez from the Chicago Cubs at the 2021 trade deadline, right-hander Trevor Williams had almost entirely been a starter for his professional career. Of the 119 games since his debut in 2016 through his last game with the Cubs in 2021, Williams had started 106 of them between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the aforementioned Cubs. Williams,...
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In this weekly feature for MMO, I’m going to look back at the previous week’s games and share some interesting data and information that I’ve collected through various websites such as Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Savant. It’ll be a mixture of facts, stats, and analytics. Let’s get into the seven days between September 18 and September 24. Sunday, September 18, 2022 Pirates vs....
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Thirty years after the release of Penny Marshall’s beloved baseball film “A League of Their Own” was released in theaters, a new adaptation has been created for Amazon Prime Video this year. The eight-episode series, which is familiarly titled “A League of Their Own,” takes a new spin on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) which formed in...
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In this weekly feature for MMO, I’m going to look back at the previous week’s games and share some interesting data and information that I’ve collected through various websites such as Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Savant. It’ll be a mixture of facts, stats, and analytics. Let’s get into the seven days between September 11 and September 17. Sunday, September 11, 2022 Mets vs....
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