Author: Matt Mancuso

Morning Briefing: McNeil Improves to 6-2 in MLB The Show Player’s League

Good Morning Mets Fans! Jeff McNeil’s MLB The Show Player’s League continued with another successful night. Squirrel went 3-1, defeating Jon Duplantier of the D-backs 4-0, Amir Garrett of the Reds 4-1 , and Lance McCullers Jr. of the Astros 2-1. For a recap, check out MMO’s new twitter account, where I live-tweeted McNeil’s four games. Latest Mets News  Jacob deGrom talks...

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Morning Briefing: McNeil Kicks Off MLB The Show League

Good Morning, Mets Fans! Hope everyone had a safe and healthy Easter! Latest Mets News  Jeff McNeil kicked off the MLB The Show League last night. McNeil faced Fernando Tatis Jr.of the Padres, Luke Jackson of The Braves, Lucas Giolito of the White Sox, and Ryne Stanek of the Marlins. Lost to Tatis 10-5 in extras. Defeated Jackson 6-0. Defeated Giolito 5-2. Defeated Stanek 3-0. McNeil’s...

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Morning Briefing: Gare, Keith, Ron Call Mets Virtual Victory

Good Morning Mets fans! Latest Mets News Yesterday, SNY’s booth trio Gary, Keith, and Ron called SNY’s telecast of a virtual Mets-Astros game. The full game can be found here. Mets prospect Jake Mangum had former SEC opponent Pete Alonso guest star on the latest episode of his podcast “The Jake Mangum Show”. Justin Toscano of The Record profiled Jacob deGrom’s...

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Morning Briefing: Pete Alonso Pleads Fans To Social Distance

Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News Pete Alonso implored on Twitter for everyone to continue to social distance. Joel Sherman of The New York Post names the Mets as one of the three clubs that would be most affected by a canceled 2020 campaign. Daniel Zamora and his wife will welcome another baby girl into the world this summer. Latest MLB News  Zach Buchanan of The Athletic reports that...

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Statcast Breakdown: Marcus Stroman

While perusing Baseball Savant at 1 a.m. a couple of nights ago, just like any normal quarantined college student would be doing, I came across Marcus Stroman’s profile. Fiddling around with the columns, I noticed Stroman has done particularly well in MLB.com’s sweet spot metric (SwSp%) throughout the last few seasons. Upon closer look, I noticed that those who finished top-10 in the...

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