The Mets were denied permission to talk to San Diego Padres quality control coach Ryan Flaherty for their open bench coach job, according to a report from The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal. Flaherty was retained as a quality control coach role after the team hired Bob Melvin to be its coach. He was previously an advanced scout for Padres before earning the promotion. Flaherty’s coaching...
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Kenley Jansen Position: RP Bats/Throws: R/R Age: 34 (9/30/1987) Traditional Stats: 69 G, 69 IP, 4-4, 2.22 ERA, 1.043 WHIP, 38 SV, 86 K, 36 BB Advanced Stats: 185 ERA+, 1.8 fWAR, 2.3 bWAR, 30.9 K%, 12.9 BB%, 2.83 xERA, 3.08 FIP, 4.04 xFIP Rundown Kenley Jansen has been one of the best closers–if not the best closer–in baseball over the last decade. First arriving with the Dodgers in...
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It was Christmas week during a lockout, and the Mets still managed to generate some sort of news, primarily thanks to Buck rolling into town. Buck Showalter Impresses The Mets began the week with Buck Showalter’s introductory press conference on Tuesday. Lasting around 45 minutes, the veteran manager brought directness, charm and a pretty clear mission to the chat with the media. A wide...
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We can finally close the book on 2021 as the year comes to a close in seven days. Here at MMO, we put the lid on the year by recapping all of the 2021 player report cards from this year’s version of the New York Mets. A big shout out to all the contributors who wrote these. Those writers are: Alex Horowitz, Meghan Kalenborn, Dan Quiñones, Austin Simmons, James Villani and editor Marshall...
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There’s no doubt Buck Showalter has seen baseball games play out in just about every which way they can. At the helm of four different teams over 20 seasons since 1992, Showalter has managed over 3,000 games–winning about half of them. He arrives at the Mets with more managing experience than the last four Mets managers combined. While some will point to that experience (just 23...
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