Gary LaRocque, 65, is the former scouting director, director of player development, and assistant general manager for the Mets. Most recently, he served as the director of player development for the St. Louis Cardinals. LaRocque graduated from the University of Hartford, where he was an education major, and lived in Connecticut for some time. The baseball veteran played professionally for the...
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The NL East was supposed to be a fight between the Mets and Nationals in 2018, but it ended up being a race between the Phillies and the Braves, with the Braves running away with it in the end. But with a few teams in the National League East facing pivotal off-seasons, such as the Mets and the Nationals, theres plenty of reason to believe that the Mets can win a divisional crown in 2019. Fix...
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Doug Melvin, 66, is a Canadian born President of Baseball Operations with the Milwaukee Brewers. Melvin’s is a former Executive of the Year in 2011, and hasn’t shied away from making a big splash when needed. Melvin played in the minors as a right-handed pitcher for the Pirates and Yankees. He began his executive career with the Yankees where he headed the scouting department, ran the Orioles...
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Throughout the process of finding a new general manager, we’ve heard a plethora of names. Ranging from Ron Darling to Kim Ng, rumors have been aplenty. But one thing has been constant: executive not agreeing to interviews and turning down the chance to be the general manager of the New York Mets. So the question has to be asked: Why? Why don’t these executives want the chance to be...
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Kim Ng, who grew up in Queens, is scheduled for an interview to be the next general manager of the New York Mets. Ng, 49, is currently the highest-ranking female within Major League Baseball. She has held positions within the front offices of the WhiteSox, Yankees, and Dodgers, where she served as high as Vice President and Assistant General Manager beginning in 2001. At the moment, she is...
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