Author: Pat Ragazzo

MMO Exclusive: Former Mets’ Reliever, Pedro Beato

Former Mets reliever Pedro Beato spent a season and a half (2011-12) in New York before being traded to the Boston Red Sox for Kelly Shoppach back in August of 2012. While Beato only pitched 71.1 innings for the Mets, he actually played a more important role in franchise history than most will remember. According to Peter Gammons in a report that came out in 2015, general manager Sandy Alderson...

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MMO Exclusive: Former Mets’ GM Steve Phillips

Current MLB Network Sirius XM host Steve Phillips served as the general manager of the New York Mets from 1997-2003 after working in their scouting department from 1990-1996. I recently had the chance to talk to the Mets former GM. Phillips works with Eduardo Perez at Sirius, who was most recently the runner up for the Mets managerial position, losing out to Carlos Beltran. Phillips says he has...

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Morning Briefing: Mets Opening Day Game Set for 1:10 PM

Good morning Mets fans! All was relatively quiet on the baseball front on Wednesday as we continue to inch closer to pitchers and catchers in February. Let’s take a peak at what went on around the Mets front and the rest of the league yesterday! Latest Mets News The Mets will kick things off on March 26th at 1:10 p.m. on Opening Day as apart of ESPN’s triple header. MLB.com has the Mets ranked...

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MMO Free Agent Profile: Hector Rondon, RHP

Hector Rondon, RHP Position: Reliever Bats/Throws: R/R Age: February 26th, 1988 (31) Traditional Stats: 3-2, 3.71 ERA, 1.253 WHIP, 3.0 BB/9, 7.1 K/9 Advanced Stats: 0.8 bWAR, -0.2 fWAR, 125 ERA+, 4.96 FIP, .298 xOBA Back in 2004, the Cleveland Indians signed Hector Rondon as an international free agent at 16-years-old. Rondon did not make his rookie ball debut until 2006 and pitched three years...

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Morning Briefing: Mets Set to Welcome Betances

Good morning Mets fans! A new decade is upon us, welcome to 2020! We are a little over a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting to camp, which means regular season baseball is not far behind (thank god). Let’s take a look at what went on around the league on the first day of the decade on Wednesday! Latest Mets News Tune in live at 11 a.m. today as the Mets welcome newest free agent...

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