The Mets have made a few moves recently including adding lefty reliever Blake Taylor to the 40-man roster and claiming lefty Stephen Gonsalves off waivers from the Twins. They also officially activated Yoenis Cespedes, Jacob Rhame, Drew Smith, and Jeff McNeil from the 60-day injured list (simply procedural moves) on Monday. Zack Wheeler (assuming he declines qualifying offer), Juan Lagares, Todd...
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Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen tweeted out a congratulatory picture of Carlos Beltrán signing his contract to be manager of the Mets. The problem was that the photo also included a notebook with the name Jerry Narron on it (unearthed by our own Jacob Resnick). Brodie would delete the original tweet and send it again after cropping the paper with Narron’s name out of it. Tim Healey of Newsday...
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Omar Minaya became the Mets general manager following a disappointing 2004 season. He quickly made his mark by signing two stars in Pedro Martinez and Carlos Beltran. Beltran was coming off a good regular season between the Royals and Astros, and a monster postseason with Houston following a midseason trade. The switch-hitter would play parts of seven seasons with the Mets, becoming one of the...
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Major League Baseball’s commissioner Rob Manfred said that the automated strike zone will be used in the minor leagues in some capacity during the 2020 season. This news comes following the testing of the technology in both the Atlantic League and Arizona Fall League this year. Most recently, the automated strike zone made news when an AFL player was ejected arguing one of it’s...
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Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced the finalists for Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy Young, and MVP. American League MVP Alex Bregman (Astros) – 3B Mike Trout (Angels – OF Marcus Semien (A’s) – SS Trout is a two-time winner of the word and his lowest finish is fourth. National League MVP Cody Bellinger (Dodgers) – 1B/OF Christian Yelich...
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