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Jack Curry of YES reported that former Met Carlos Beltrán will be joining the Yankees both as a game analyst in 2022. Beltran, who has was briefly the Mets manager before the 2020 season, is going to be calling 36 games this season.
Folks in the industry thought Beltrán may get a spot on the Mets coaching staff in 2022, but that didn’t come to fruition. Many speculate that Beltran will have a front office or managerial job at some point in the next few years.
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Justin Toscano of The Record had his last day on the Mets beat with The Record on Friday.
Mets Vice President of Media Relations Jay Horwitz provided an update on Jeff Innis, who was recently admitted into a Houston hospital “facing the biggest challenge of his life.”
John Harper of SNY reported that the hiring of Eric Chavez as hitting coach was a result of “analytics overload” in 2022.
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Republik Sports, LLC announced that all MCA Agency agents and clients will be joining them.
Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reported that the Dodgers signed reliever Sam Gaviglio to a minor-league contract.
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Rich Sparago pondered whether the lockout will end soon.
Matthew Brownstein did an exclusive interview with former shortstop Mike Bordick.
John Flanigan wrote a free agent profile on starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw.
On This Date in Mets History
2021: Daniel Murphy announces his retirement. The long-time Mets second baseman spent seven years in the Big Apple. His biggest moments came during the 2015 Postseason, where Murphy set a major league record by homering in six straight games. During that stretch, he managed to lead the Mets to a sweep over the Cubs in the NLCs. That was enough to earn himself the NLCS MVP.
He finished his MLB career with a slash line of .296/.341/.455, and hit 138 home runs with 735 RBIs.
Let’s go Mets!
