Following a breakout campaign in 2018 for the New York Mets, many of us were excited to have Brandon Nimmo already entrenched as a starting outfielder heading into this past year. Instead of having a full season’s worth of games to build upon that breakout, he dealt with his fair share of issues before finishing strong. Upon finally getting an opportunity to play regularly in April 2018,...
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By Violeta Pietronico Good Morning, Mets fans! The Washington Nationals crushed the Houston Astros by a score of 12-3 in the second game of the 2019 World Series Wednesday night in Houston. Washington now boasts a 2-0 advantage in the seven-game series. Former Met and current Nats second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera had himself a night, going 2 for 5 with 3 RBI’s and a run scored. Washington...
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Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports that the New York Mets are not close to picking their next manager as the team is currently doing callback interviews. DiComo adds that the hiring process could extend beyond the remainder of the week and that they like many of the candidates involved. This likely means that the chances of the team hiring Joe Girardi are slim as the former Yankees’ manager...
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Washington Nationals (1-0) at Houston Astros (0-1) World Series Game 2 • Minute Maid Park RHP Stephen Strasburg (18-6, 3.32 ERA) vs RHP Justin Verlander (21-6, 2.58 ERA) In Game 1 of the World Series, the Nationals came out swinging and chased Gerrit Cole for five runs and went on to win by a score of 5-4 over the Astros. On Wednesday night, Houston will try to bounce back in Game 2 of the 2019...
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By Joe D. and Barry Duchan As Brodie Van Wagenen gets set to navigate his second offseason as a general manager, my hope is that he learned a lot over the last 12 months and that it will serve the Mets well going forward. Brodie certainly had his hiccups last winter as evidenced by that ill fated blockbuster trade with Seattle and questionable free agent deals for Jed Lowrie and Jeurys Familia....
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Sporting News started conducting their voting for their 2019 season awards on Wednesday and Pete Alonso won Rookie of the Year with 136 votes. Alonso, 24, won in a landslide as the closest player to him was Bryan Reynolds who received six votes. Mike Soroka and Fernando Tatis Jr. both received five votes while three people voted for others. The first baseman had a historic rookie season in which...
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