Author: Matt Mancuso

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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Morning Briefing: Mets Thank First Responders

Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News The Mets tweeted out a video thanking first-responders and nurses featuring cameos from Jeff Wilpon, Luis Rojas, and Brodie Van Wagenen. Chelsea Nimmo is looking for donations of much-needed medical supplies. Latest MLB News  Major League Baseball announced that they will pay all minor-leaguers $400 a week until May 31st. Michael Clair of MLB.com...

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Morning Briefing: Pete Alonso Leaving Positive Impact On Mets Fans

Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News  Pete Alonso talked with Mike Vaccaro of the NY Post about how he’s helping Mets fans through the coronavirus pandemic. Deesha Thosar of The New York Daily News wrote about Michael Wacha improving his mechanics this offseason. Latest MLB News  Andrew Simon of MLB.com ranked the Cy Young award winners from 1957 to the current day. Zach Buchanan of The...

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Noah Sydergaard Has Successful Tommy John Surgery

According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard underwent successful Tommy John surgery on Thursday. It was reported earlier in the week that the 27-year-old had torn his ulnar collateral ligament. Syndergaard will miss all of the 2020 season and the 12-14 month recovery time means it’s possible he misses some of the 2021 regular season as well. The hard throwing starter...

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Morning Briefing: Noah Syndergaard to Undergo Tommy John Surgery

Good Morning Mets Fans! Even though baseball is off, the Injury Gods are still doing their thing. Latest Mets News  The baseball world learned that Noah Syndergaard will miss the remainder of the 2020 campaign as well as a portion of the 2021 season recovering from Tommy John surgery. Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic studied the effectiveness of pitchers who returned from Tommy John surgery before...

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