19 years ago today, the New York Mets drafted an 18-year-old from Hickory High School in Chesapeake, Virginia by the name of David Wright. Little did they know at the time, they were getting the eventual best position player in franchise history with the 38th overall pick. Wright grew up a Mets fan having been only a short distance from their Triple-A affiliate in Norfolk. Here’s what...
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According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the NBA Board of Governors have voted to approve a 22-team format to resume the 2019-2020 National Basketball Association season. He reports that it was a 29-1 vote in favor of the season returning. The NBAPA’s team representatives will hold a conference call on Friday to approve the 22-team plan to restart the season. There will be an eight-game...
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Steve Gelbs grew up around the sports world with his dad being a physical therapist for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. In addition, his grandfather owned a dry cleaning business that served a regular customer by the name of Tom Seaver. Gelbs would go onto the Newhouse School of Publications Communications at Syracuse University, where he would earn a bachelor’s degree....
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The Mets hired Adam Guttridge in November of 2018 to be their assistant general manager of systematic development. New Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen was hired the month before and vowed to bolster the analytics department. According to an article by Tim Britton of The Athletic, Guttridge played a key role in acquiring slugger J.D. Davis and holding onto the versatile Jeff McNeil. Both key...
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After it was announced that the 2020 MLB Draft would be limited to the first five rounds, the remaining logistical details have been finalized, according to a string of tweets from Jeff Passan of ESPN. Most notably, the entire draft will be conducted remotely, much like it was prior to 2009 when the first night of the three-day event was brought to MLB Network. The first 37 picks, comprising the...
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