Author: Josh Finkelstein

Pitchers Who Made A Name For Themselves in 2018

On Sunday I did an article highlighting position players on the Mets roster that made a name for themselves over the course of the 2018 season and blossomed into potential building blocks. Today, my focus will turn to the pitching side of things where I will highlight two members of the starting rotation and one reliever that proved to be quite important over the duration of the season. Jacob...

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Championship Series Game Thread: Crucial Games in NLCS and ALCS

Milwaukee Brewers (2-2) at Los Angeles Dodgers (2-2) NLCS Game 5• 5:09 p.m. ET• Dodger Stadium• Los Angeles, CA LHP Wade Miley (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (1-1, 3.27 ERA) After last night’s 13 inning game that saw the Dodgers even the NLCS at two games each, the two teams will play their final contest at Dodger Stadium before heading back to Milwaukee one way or another to play...

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Position Players Who Made A Name For Themselves in 2018

So far this offseason, a lot of people have been pretty down looking at the GM situation that never seems to escape discussion when the Mets organization comes up along with the overall dysfunction that has plagued this organization at times over the last decade. That being said, there were some very noticeable bright spots that came out of this past season despite the fact that the team...

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Chernoff Won’t Interview For Mets GM Job

Mike Puma of the New York Post reports today that Indians GM Mike Chernoff won’t interview for the Mets GM opening. According to Puma, the only known candidates at the moment are Doug Melvin, Gary LaRocque, Kim Ng, De Jon Watson, and Chaim Bloom. Chernoff, 37, was rumored to be of interest to the Mets organization, but as a current GM with the Indians, it is very possible that he either...

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Mets Have A Knack For Letting Front Office Talent Walk Away

Tim Healey of Newsday wrote a phenomenal article yesterday about the Mets front office situation over the years and how many current general managers or high-level executives the team has seen walk away over the years. The most successful of those is current Milwaukee Brewers general manager David Stearns, who was simply hired as a Mets intern. Omar Minaya was still the general manager at the...

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