Sporting News announced their 2022 Major League Baseball Awards on Thursday afternoon including Player of the Year, Comeback Players of the Year, Rookies of the Year, and Managers of the Year. New York Mets manager Buck Showalter was named the National League Manager of the Year by his peers. The winners are chosen by a survey of MLB players, managers, and executives. This is the fourth time...
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The Major League Baseball Players Association has announced Francisco Lindor as a finalist for the Marvin Miller Man of the Year award. The Marvin Miller award was created in 1997 as a players’ choice award and recognizes the outstanding on and off-field performances of players. The award is named after Marvin Miller, who was the MLBPA executive director from 1966 to 1982. Miller...
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Louisville Slugger announced the finalists for the 2022 Silver Slugger Awards on Thursday with five players from the New York Mets being nominated. Five Mets are finalists, but they are up for six awards because Jeff McNeil is a finalist at second base and utility. Pete Alonso, Brandon Nimmo, Starling Marte, and Francisco Lindor are the other Mets’ finalists. Silver Slugger Award winners...
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Seven Met prospects would see game time for the Peoria Javelinas in a game that ended in a 5-5 tie after ten innings. Two of the Peoria runs came off the bat of Stanley Consuegra and Luke Ritter, who each hit solo shots. Kevin Kendall continues to do well in the desert with a two-hit performance in this one. On the mound, Christian Scott would turn in the best start of his AFL season thus far....
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The Milwaukee Brewers announced on Thursday that David Stearns is stepping down as Brewers president of baseball operations and will remain in an advisory role to ownership and baseball operations. Matt Arnold will move into the lead role overseeing baseball operations. Brewers’ owner Mark Attanasio in a statement: “Our discussions about his long-term plans have always been open and...
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It seemed like the baseball gods intended for the Mets to win it all and the Red Sox curse to continue. But the postscript to Game 6’s epic theater was anything but a formality. Sunday rain let Boston manager John McNamara give Bruce Hurst the starting nod. Hurst proceeded to reinforce his credentials for series MVP — an award all but in possession before the Mets’ epic comeback two nights...
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