Arizona Fall League (AFL) Mesa Solar Sox 4 – 2 Surprise Saguaros Glendale Desert Dogs 12 – 6 Salt River Rafters Peoria Javelinas 6 – 0 Scottsdale Scorpions 1B Peter Alonso: 0-for-3, .250/.333/.485 C Ali Sanchez: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 SB Allowed, 1 CS, .133/.278/.200 RHP Matt Blackham: 2.0 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2.57 ERA The entire Scottsdale Scorpions team continues to struggle...
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Good morning, folks. Welcome to November. Let the hot stove begin! Latest Mets News John Harper says a scout thinks Jim Riggleman would be a good bench coach for Mickey Callaway. ESPN asked David Wright if he would be interested in an analyst job per Andrew Marchand. Richard Justice of MLB.com writes that the hiring of Brodie Van Wagenen could be the start of a trend. The NL Cy Young award will...
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It is always common to hear that someone is a well-respected baseball person from an anonymous source after they get hired. It is another thing to hear that coming from a World Series winning manager. Joel Sherman of the NY Post detailed the relationship between Brodie Van Wagenen and A.J. Hinch. Back when the two were freshmen baseball players in Stanford, Hinch tragically lost his father right...
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Per Mike Puma of the New York Post, Mets ace and presumptive 2018 NL Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom is projected to earn $12.9 million in 2019 by MLB Trade Rumors. He more than earned his $7.4 million salary in 2018. The 30-year-old had one of the greatest seasons ever for a starting pitcher, despite a 10-9 record. Across 32 starts, deGrom pitched 217 innings, striking out 269 batters as compared...
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Joe Kelly Position: RHP Bats/Throws: R/R Date of Birth: 6/9/1988 Kelly has seemingly been in the league forever largely due to his early work with the Cardinals. He made the Majors after essentially one full year in the minors. He began his career as a starter with his best season coming in 2013. That year he posted a 2.69 ERA in 124 innings pitched that year. Even with that 2.69 ERA though,...
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Brodie Van Wagenen was introduced as the Mets new GM yesterday, as we all know, but afterward spent about 20 minutes getting interviewed by Mike Francesa of WFAN. That interview did not go nearly as well, but to no fault of Van Wagenen as Francesa went on a full-blown, uncalled for attack on him and the organization. Francesa set up an absolutely tense interview environment right from the get-go...
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