News has begun to dribble out regarding New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom’s future representation and all signs are pointing to deGrom staying with his current agency, albeit with a different agent. DeGrom’s former agent, Brodie Van Wagenen, the former head of Creative Artists Agency’s baseball division, was named the general manager of the Mets earlier this month. Naturally,...
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On Wednesday night, Jacob deGrom became the fourth New York Mets pitcher to win the National League Cy Young Award. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America confirmed deGrom’s dominance with 29-of-30 first-place votes. Full voting results can be found here. Jacob deGrom reached a level of excellence that only Tom Seaver (1969, 1973, 1975), Dwight Gooden (1985), and R.A. Dickey...
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The Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced their winners of the 2018 American League and National League Managers of the Year Awards on Tuesday night. Full voting results can be found in the preceding links. Brian Snitker won the National League honors, taking the Atlanta Braves from a 72-90, third-place finish in 2017 to a 90-72, NL East-winning campaign in 2018. Snitker, 63,...
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New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom showed confidence in his former-agent-turned-general-manager, Brodie Van Wagenen, last week, saying, “I honestly think he’s going to do a good job at this”, despite still being a bit befuddled at the, let’s say, unique qualities of the situation. Now that the obligatory well-wishes have been expressed, it’s time to get to...
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The Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced it’s 2018 Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award winners for the National and American Leagues on Monday evening, kicking off MLB’s annual awards season. Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim took home the AL honors. The two-way star from Japan took MLB by storm this season, despite missing a portion of the...
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