Brodie Van Wagenen spoke with reporters on a conference call on Saturday and told reporters that the team is encouraging players to decide with their families what the next course of action for dealing with COVID-19 should be for each of them. “We are encouraging our players to make the right decision for them, that this is bigger than Opening Day,” Van Wagenen said. Van Wagenen went...
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CBS New York reports that Bernie Madoff has requested to speak to a judge in order to make a “dying, personal plea” for early release from prison. Madoff, 81, is currently serving a 150-year sentence for a Ponzi scheme that saw him lose $17.5 billion given to him by investors. He has said and the Bureau of Prisons has agreed that he has less than 18 months to live due to kidney...
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The New York Mets announced on Saturday that they have re-assigned Kevin Smith, Ryley Gilliam, and Adonis Uceta to minor league camp. Smith, 22, had 4 2/3 innings in spring training this year in which he allowed four earned runs (five total) and five hits while he struck out three batters and walked two. Gilliam, 23, tossed four innings this spring for the team in which he allowed five runs and...
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Jed Lowrie came up in an interview after the game on Wednesday with Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen who said that the infielder is looking into using a “transition brace” to help him play as detailed by Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. According to Van Wagenen, Lowrie has been participating in all baseball activities, but wouldn’t give a timeline for his recovery and return to game...
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Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen told reporters after Wednesday’s game that Matt Adams is set to resume baseball activities on Friday after passing additional cardiac testing as can be seen in a video recorded by Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News. Adams, 31, was scratched from the lineup last week as the team decided to get additional cardiac testing for him. Earlier on Wednesday, it was...
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