In his press conference, Sandy Alderson announced the have Mets hired Ben Zauzmer away from the Los Angeles Dodgers to oversee their R&D department. Zauzmer graduated Harvard in 2015 with a degree in Applied Math and Computer Science and has worked for the Dodgers ever since. Martin Kessler of WBUR did a profile on Zauzmer back in 2019. While on a road trip with his father, Zauzmer fell in...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Jared Porter was officially terminated as the Mets’ general manager Tuesday morning. Sandy Alderson said in a press conference Tuesday afternoon that the team didn’t plan to fill their now-vacant general manager position for now. During the press conference, Alderson said both he and Cohen came to the same decision regarding Porter’s conduct separately,...
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So who gets the deed to Buster Olney’s farm? After nearly three months of speculation, George Springer is now nearing a deal with the Toronto Blue Jays pending a physical, according to Jeff Passan. Brendon Kuhn was the first to report the Jays were nearing a deal with the All-Star outfielder. Jon Heyman says the deal will be for six years and $150 million–an average annual value of...
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Updated 10:25 PM EST: According to Jon Morosi of MLB Network, “the Blue Jays are now the frontrunners to sign George Springer”, noting reports from Brendon Kuhn of Jays Nation and Joey Vendetta of SportsNet of an agreement in place pending physicals. Minutes before Morosi’s update, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported “there’s a sense the Jays are gaining...
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According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, the New York Mets “were in pretty strong” on free-agent utilityman Enrique Hernandez before Jared Porter was relieved of his general manager duties on Tuesday morning. Hernandez, 29, played every position on the diamond but pitcher and catcher last season for the Dodgers and has done so quite regularly — and efficiently —...
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New York Mets team president Sandy Alderson addressed the media on Tuesday afternoon, taking questions from reporters for over a half-hour on the firing of Jared Porter as the team’s general manager following ESPN’s bombshell report on Monday night. Alderson shared that he first spoke with Porter around 5:30 PM EST on Monday. In that conversation, Porter confirmed that ESPN would be...
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