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Latest Mets News
Jerry Narron will be interviewing for the Mets Bench Coach position. Michael Mayer of MMO wrote about Narron and the report from Jon Heyman of MLB Network.
Latest MLB News
Jon Heyman also reported that the recently fired Padres’ manager, Andy Green, will be taking over as the bench coach for the Chicago Cubs.
Ken Rosenthal of MLB and FOX Sports reported that Larry Rothschild is the new pitching coach for the San Diego Padres.
The final opening round standings for the Global Baseball Battle have been finalized putting Mexico, USA, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Korea, and Australia in the Super Round. The bracket is on WBSC’s Twitter account.
With MLB’s new deal with Nike, there will be some minor changes to the major league uniforms. The Arizona Diamondbacks took to Twitter to showcase some of their new looks for the 2020 season.
Sung Min Kim’s final article for the Athletic was finally posted where he discusses the improvement and fortitude Josh Lindblom had during his years in the Korean baseball league as opposed to in North America’s MLB.
Latest NL East News
Jon Morosi of MLBNetwork reported that Juan Castro will be the Phillies infield coach for 2020.
The Atlanta Braves announced that they have signed Darren O’Day to a one-year deal worth $2.25M with a 2021 club option for $3.5M.
Latest on MMO/MMN
Michael Mayer wrote about some key free agents the Mets should be focusing on this offseason if they want to contend this upcoming season.
Violetta Pietronico continued MMO’s 2019 player report cards with Jacob deGrom, a not so surprising rating given his continued success.
John Sheridan reported on Carlos Beltran speaking out about how he understands the experience Edwin Diaz has faced in 2019 with the Mets.
Matt Mancuso discussed Francisco Alvarez‘s Offensive Player of the Year award on MetsMinors.
This Date in Mets History
Happy Birthday to Whitey Herzog (88), Bob Gibson (84), Gene Dusan (70), Jim Riggleman (67), Jon Nunnally (48)!
1984: The Mets sold Ed Glynn to the Boston Red Sox.
1998: The Colorado Rockies signed Lenny Harris of the Mets as a free agent.
