Author: John Flanigan

Takeaway’s from Jeremy Hefner’s Appearance on Mets Hot Stove

Mets pitching coach Jeremy Hefner made an appearance with Gary Apple on Mets Hot Stove last night on SNY. During the brief interview, Hefner discussed a variety of different topics including the resurgence of Edwin Diaz in 2020, recently acquired reliever Trevor May, and provided an update on Noah Syndergaard. Here are some of the key takeaways from that interview. On What Trevor May Brings to...

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Mets Have Shown Interest in Reliever Liam Hendriks

Despite already adding righty Trevor May to the mix, Sandy Alderson and company may not be done bolstering the Mets’ bullpen just yet. According to Andy Martino of SNY, the team has shown interest in right-handed reliever Liam Hendriks. Hendriks is easily the top reliever on the free agent market right now. In fact, since taking over as the Athletics closer during the 2019 season, he has...

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Rumor Roundup: Day Two of the Virtual Winter Meetings!

Here we go, the stove is starting to heat up! We had ourselves a little bit of action on day two of the virtual Winter Meetings with a trio of interesting signings, let’s get right into it! Royals Continue Busy Start to the Offseason The Kansas City Royals have been taking advantage of the inefficient market thus far this offseason. Dayton Moore and company have been one of the most...

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Pete Alonso Breaks Out in Big Way in Mets Win

Despite a rough showing at the plate this weekend, Pete Alonso looks to be heading right back towards cruising altitude. The slugging first baseman enjoyed himself a big breakout night at the plate in the Mets 11-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday night. After being bumped down to sixth in the order for the first time in his career, Alonso was on-base in all five of his plate appearances....

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Cespedes Fractures Ankle in “Violent Fall”

During a pregame press conference on Monday afternoon, New York Mets General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen announced that the team received news on Saturday night that Yoenis Cespedes took a violent fall on his ranch in Florida and has suffered multiple right ankle fractures. “He was on his ranch and had a violent fall in which he stepped in a hole which put his leg and foot in a difficult...

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