When it was announced Monday that Eduardo Perez was a candidate for the Mets manager job it caught everyone by surprise. Perez had never been considered for a managerial job before, nor did he have an extensive coaching career. Instead, he made his name managing teams in Puerto Rico, having short stints coaching in the MLB, and as a long-time ESPN analyst. So why would the Mets be interested in...
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By Kyle Newman It’s been thrown around by many fans that the best-case scenario for the Mets is to hire Joe Girardi as manager and Carlos Beltran as his bench coach. That’s an absolutely awful idea that the Mets likely won’t and shouldn’t consider. First of all, it’s not likely that Carlos Beltran would take the job even if it was offered to him as he is a candidate...
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The Mets are looking for a new manager, and that has stirred quite the debate. Many Mets fans believe the team needs to go in the complete opposite direction of Mickey Callaway. Meaning they need to hire an experienced manager who can step right in and help this team win-now as they were meant to. Others believe that the Mets should follow the current trend and hire a younger former player who...
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Zack Wheeler is expected to leave the Mets in free agency this winter. That’s a huge blow to the Mets staff, but one that was expected. Wheeler is coming off back-to-back seasons with over 4 fWAR. He has been relatively healthy in both years as well having thrown 377.2 innings in 60 starts. He had an ERA of 3.65 over the last two years and had a FIP under 3.5 in each of those years. There...
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The Mets 2019 season has been a failure. When Brodie Van Wagenen was hired he promised to win now and made moves this offseason to do so. Not only did it not work, he doubled down on this strategy midseason by trading for Marcus Stroman. By missing the playoffs Van Wagenen’s first season as GM has to be seen as a failure. That’s not the whole story though. By all past measures, there...
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