On Sunday night in Troy, NY, SNY play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen, as well as SNY analyst and 1986 World Series champion Keith Hernandez, were inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. Last week, Cohen spoke about the honor — as well as Jacob deGrom’s Cy Young season — with ESPN 104.5 in Albany. On Monday, SNY released a video clip of both Cohen and Hernandez...
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MLB Pipeline is naming their All-Stars for each organization based upon who had the best season at each position. In assembling this list, the age and prospect status of each player was disregarding. In assembling the list, MLB Pipeline included an analysis from Mets Director of Player Development Ian Levin. C Scott Manea Level: Columbia Stats: .261/.368/.432, 23 2B, 12 HR, 53 RBI 1B...
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After an underwhelming first few weeks to the MLB offseason, the New York Yankees got things cooking on the hot stove and traded for Seattle Mariners starting pitcher James Paxton. Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports was the first to break the news. Paxton, 30, pitched to a 3.76 earned-run average (3.23 FIP) in 28 starts last season (160.1 innings), racking up 208 strikeouts, walking 42, 1.098 WHIP, and...
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The Baseball Writers’ Association of America has released the 2019 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. The 35 player ballot contains many first year candidates including MLB’s all-time saves leader Mariano Rivera, two-time Cy Young award winner Roy Halladay, and 2002 American League MVP Miguel Tejada. The other first year members on the ballot include Rick Ankiel, Jason Bay, Lance...
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Justin Wilson Position: Relief Pitcher Bats/Throws: L/L Age: August 18, 1987 (31) Traditional Stats: 4-5, 3.46 ERA, 71 G, 54.2 IP, 1.427 WHIP, 5.4 BB/9, 11.4 K/9 Advanced Stats: 0.7 bWAR, 0.5 fWAR, 124 ERA+, 3.64 FIP While Wilson has served in a variety of roles out of the bullpen over the years, upon joining the Chicago Cubs, he has primarily served as the Cubs’ LOOGY. Maybe it is a...
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According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, Josh Lewin is leaving the Mets radio team to take on a role with the San Diego Padres radio. Sources have told Marchand that Lewin will be taking on a newly created position on Padres radio in which he will primarily be the pre- and postgame host. Lewin, 50, currently serves as the voice of UCLA basketball and football. He previously covered the...
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