Baseball Digest announced their end-of-season award winners and New York Mets hurler Jacob deGrom took home their Pitcher of the Year honors. In a press release, deGrom spoke about his mindset this year and what it meant to him to take home the award. “It’s a great honor. I had a simple philosophy this season — to take it pitch-by-pitch and inning-by-inning. It was my job to...
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Seth Lugo had a career year for the New York Mets in 2018. Though he was thrust into a somewhat unfamiliar role, he thrived. So what’s next for the Mets’ newfound bullpen anchor? A career starter, the right-hander began the season in the Mets’ revamped bullpen, surely to the Louisianian’s chagrin. But Lugo shined in his new role, pitching to a 2.04 earned-run average with...
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It feels like Brandon Nimmo’s hamstring injury settled into our memories as simply a side note, falling into the background of David Wright’s send-off and the conclusion of the New York Mets’ 2018 season. Nimmo described the pain he felt on Saturday night to Joe Trezza of MLB.com, as “a little bit what I would imagine a knife going into the back of the hamstring would...
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Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports weighed in on the New York Mets search for a new general manager, listing former Los Angeles Dodgers assistant GM and current MLB executive Kim Ng as a possible option for the organization. Ng, 49, was named assistant GM of the Yankees in 1998, moved on to the Dodgers as vice president and assistant GM, and left the organization in 2011 to become senior vice...
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After COO Jeff Wilpon addressed the media prior to the New York Mets final game of the season on Sunday, there was much speculation over which way the team’s search for their next general manager could go. Late Monday night, Mike Puma of the New York Post added a few names to the list of reported candidates for the position. Some potential options have already been talked about in the...
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