New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen sat down with WFAN’s afternoon co-hosts Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts in Port St. Lucie on Friday to discuss the 2020 season (and off-season). Joe and Evan, both staunch Mets fans, wasted little time in telling Van Wagenen that they expect the Mets to be a playoff team in 2020. Van Wagenen responded by saying the fact that a wild card team,...
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Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo will undergo further medical tests, including additional cardiac evaluations on Thursday according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. According to reports, the Mets are planning a status report on Nimmo’s condition later on Thursday. Nimmo was a late scratch from Wednesday’s game against the Houston Astros because he needed additional cardiac testing. Nimmo,...
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The New York Mets (1-4-1) played the team that forever will be associated with the word asterisk next to it, the Houston Astros, and lost 4-2. The crowd booed lustily when the Astros were introduced saving their best vitriol for plate appearances by George Springer who was part of the 2017 championship team. Many of the other veteran players for Houston did not make the trip to Clover Field....
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The fifth edition of the World Baseball Classic will have a distinct Miami flavor. The Miami Marlins and their home, Marlins Park, will be the first major league team and venue to host all rounds of the round-robin pool in next year’s classic to be played from March 9-23, 2021. Other locations for the 2021 Classic are Chase Field in Phoenix, home of the Diamondbacks, Taichung...
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On Tuesday, New York Mets manager Luis Rojas assembled the entire team and spoke to them as a whole for the first time. Rojas gave few specifics on what was said but told SNY’s Mets Hot Stove what it means to manage in New York, emotions of the job, and how he plans to deal with his veteran players. “Being in the organization so long, 15 years, and growing up here as a coach and...
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