As per Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports, the New York Mets are standing by their declaration to expand their analytics department and have hired former Brewers’ manager of baseball research and development Adam Guttridge as their assistant general manager of systematic development. Guttridge, along with David Ogren, founded Normalized Empirical Individual Forecasting Index (NEIFI), a player...
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As per Mike Puma of the New York Post, the New York Mets have added former Cubs hitting coach and one-time Mets managerial target Rudy Jaramillo to their list of potential hitting coaches. Jaramillo, 68, served as the Texas Rangers’ hitting coach from 1995 through 2009 before joining the Cubs (2010-2012) under the same title. The team has also targeted Chili Davis — most recently...
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A flurry of activity and speculation hit the MLB hot stove on Monday. Here are some quick hits from the rumor mill. Bumgarner-ing Interest As per Jon Morosi of MLB Network, the San Francisco Giants are indeed shopping ace left-hander, Madison Bumgarner. He writes that the Braves have “checked in” on Bumgarner, and “the Brewers and Phillies […] have had at least...
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The New York Mets have hired former Nationals and Reds manager and four-time National League skipper Jim Riggleman as their bench coach. Mickey Callaway seemed to lack the NL experience necessary for a first-time manager in a new league that 2018 bench coach Gary Disarcina simply couldn’t bring. The Mets should benefit greatly from Riggleman’s insight. Riggleman, 66, was at the helm...
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Good morning, Mets fans! We’re just two weeks away from the MLB Winter Meetings in Las Vegas, which should jumpstart the New York Mets’ offseason inactivity if it hasn’t been done so by then. Latest Mets News Tim Healey of Newsday examines former Met Billy Wagner’s Hall of Fame case. Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com named the Mets as one of his five potential...
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