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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By Benjamin Fox Dellin Betances Position: RP Bats/Throws: R/R Age: March 23, 1988 (31) Traditional Stats: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.000 WHIP, 0.0 BB/9, 27.0 K/9 Advanced Stats: 0.0 bWAR, 0.1 fWAR, -2.79 FIP, N/A ERA+ From 2014-2018 Dellin Betances sported a 2.22 ERA, 1.018 WHIP, and 2.26 FIP with 14.6 K/9 as compared to 3.9 BB/9 over 349 games. Betances missed all but one game of the 2019 season with...
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By Josh Finkelstein Joe Girardi made it clear on Tuesday night that he is coming close to determining his future about where and if he will be managing in 2020, citing that it should not take much more than 48 hours to determine his next destination. With that being said, it’s hard to see how the Mets are the team he becomes the next manager for right now, given that Joel Sherman of the...
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Adam Berry of MLB.com reports that the Pittsburgh Pirates do not plan on shopping outfielder Starling Marte this offseason. Marte, 31, hit .295/.342/.503 with 23 home runs, 82 RBI, and 25 stolen bases this season. That gave him a 119 wRC+ and 3.0 fWAR. Defensively, though, the center fielder has seen a decline as he registered -9 DRS and a -7.6 UZR in 2019. However, he’s proven to be much...
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David Kaplan of Sports Talk Chicago reports that David Ross is expected to be named the new manager of the Chicago Cubs before the end of the week as a contract with the team is almost agreed to. Ross, 42, played 15 seasons in the majors, spending time with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, and Cubs. After helping...
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By John Sheridan Even with the Mets missing out on the Wild Card by three games, we will actually see some Mets in the World Series. Technically speaking, there are former Mets players in the World Series. So, in that sense, no matter who wins the World Series, we are going to see a Mets player get a ring. Houston Astros Joe Smith – The 2006 third round pick was a valuable member of the...
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