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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According to Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal, a positive Covid-19 test would not shutdown Major League Baseball, under the current proposal. Diamond also notes that the proposal from Major League Baseball to the Players Association would include all team personnel getting tested multiple times during a week with results within 24 hours. The owners approved the proposal earlier this week...
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According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, teams are telling their players to get ready in anticipation of an announcement about the 2020 Major League Baseball season coming soon. Passan notes that Major League Baseball is expected to send a return-to-play proposal to the MLB Players Association within a week. There’s been multiple ideas floated including one having teams playing only in Arizona...
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