Mets General Manager Billy Eppler joined owner Steve Cohen and team president Sandy Alderson virtually from his home in California to meet and speak to the New York media for the first time. Eppler joins the Mets after five years as Los Angeles Angels GM and having already spent a decade in New York with the Yankees organization. Here are five takeaways from Eppler’s inaugural press...
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New Mets general manager Billy Eppler’s introductory press conference was Friday afternoon, and during it, he revealed he has been in contact with players’ agents since Thursday night, when he was officially named GM. Eppler said he started receiving texts from players’ agents, but he didn’t reveal which agents he has been in contact with. Pre-Eppler, the Mets have...
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Here are five things to know about new Mets general manager Billy Eppler: 1. He knows New York Billy Eppler has already spent a decade working in New York. A former UConn baseball player, Eppler joined the Colorado Rockies as a scout in 2000. In 2004, he was hired to scout for the New York Yankees. Eppler remained with the Yankees through 2014, starting in their Tampa office run by Mark Newman...
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Freddie Freeman Position: 1B Bats/Throws: L/R Age: 32 (9/12/1989) Traditional Stats: 159 games, .300/.393/.503, 25 2B, 31 HR, 83 RBI Advanced Stats: 135 wRC+, 4.5 fWAR, .379 WOBA Defensive Stats: -1.0 UZR, 3 OAA Rundown Outside of finally winning the World Series, the 2021 season was just a typical drop in the bucket for Freddie Freeman. And when I say “drop in the bucket”, I mean it...
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Dominican Winter League SS Ronny Mauricio 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, .286/.308/.460 Mauricio, 20, had two doubles in the Tigres del Licey loss on Thursday night. As you can see Mauricio has picked up two walks recently after a long stretch to start the season without one. Mauricio has five doubles and two home runs in 18 winter ball games. Keith Law and I recently talked about Mauricio on the MMO...
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Good morning, Mets fans! On Thursday, the Mets officially announced the hiring of Billy Eppler as the new general manager. Steve Cohen and Sandy Alderson will make the announcement of the new hire through Zoom today at 12:30pm EST. Nate Mendelson has more on the Mets and their newly minted general manager. Ideally, this will be a long-term solution for the Mets that won’t go haywire...
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