Author: Matt Mancuso

Morning Briefing: Braves Find Their Catcher

Good morning, Mets fans! The Braves continued their free-agent spending frenzy, signing their sixth player this winter, the most out of any major-league team. Latest Mets News Marcus Stroman and Pete Alonso tweeted out their support for the Mets’ black uniforms. Buster Olney of ESPN reports that the Mets have interviewed Athletics’ minor-league pitching coordinator  Gil Patterson for...

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Rumor Roundup: Cole Hamels’ Market Picking Up

Nothing was made official regarding the big names on the market, but there was a flurry of movement yesterday. Marte Party Coming to Queens? Jon Heyman of Fancred tweeted out that the Mets are interested in Pirates CF Starling Marte. With the Mets looking for a right-handed-hitting center-fielder and the Pirates looking to retool, this could be a perfect match for the Amazin’s. Marte, 31,...

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Morning Briefing: Mets Pitching Coach Search Continues

Good morning, Mets Fans! Latest Mets News The Mets plan to interview Steve Karsay for their pitching coach vacancy. Joel Sherman of the New York Post had the news first. Click Here for MMO’s profile on Karsay. Karsay joins Chris Fetter and Jeremy Hefner as known candidates for the role. Tim Healey of Newsday believes that the Mets will not keep up the tradition of trading away their top...

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Morning Briefing: MLB GM Meetings Start Today

Good morning, Mets fans! Other than the Jets defeating the Giants yesterday, New York sports were pretty quiet yesterday. Before we look around the Majors, I want to take a moment to share sad news that has impacted the MMO community. John Delcos, a veteran journalist and an integral MMO writer during the website’s early years, passed away yesterday. We at MMO wish his family our condolences. He...

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Mets Minors: Offensive Player of Year, Francisco Alvarez

Francisco Alvarez Teams Played For: GCL Mets/Kingsport Mets Age: 17 (November 19, 2001) Traditional Stats: 42 GB, 157 AB, 10 2B, 7 HR, 26 RBI, 32 R, 21 BB, . 263/.330/.514, .844 OPS Advanced Stats: .391 wOBA, 143 wRC+ My oh my, what a year Francisco Alvarez had. In 2018, the Mets signed the 17-year-old backstop out of Venezuela with the expectation that he’d need plenty of time to develop....

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