Good morning, Mets fans! Welcome to the offseason! Yesterday was the first day in MLB’s free agency. While there was a bevy of news, there were no ground-breaking moves. Latest Mets News The Mets made their hiring of Brodie Van Wagenen official. Personally, I thought Michael Scott would have been a good choice for GM (Just look at his mug)! Mike Puma of The New York Post tweeted that the Mets...
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The New York Mets announced today that the club has named Brodie Van Wagenen the club’s 13th General Manager in franchise history. He will be introduced at a press conference tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at Citi Field. Van Wagenen, 44, co-founded the baseball division of CAA Sports in 2006 where he served as the co-head of CAA Baseball. In 2017, he was just one of three agents named on USA Today’s Top...
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Over the last fifteen years, the New York Mets have had five top-ten picks in the MLB Draft, selecting right-hander Philip Humber third overall in 2004, followed by Mike Pelfrey (9th) in 2005, Matt Harvey (7th) in 2010 and Michael Conforto (10th) in 2014. Their fifth top-ten selection came in this year’s Draft, where the Mets had the sixth pick. That was the highest they’ve drafted...
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New York Mets top prospects Peter Alonso and Andres Gimenez have been chosen to play in the Arizona Fall League All Star Game on Saturday at Surprise Stadium. They will be joining some of the top prospects in the game, including Blue Jays 3B Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Astros RHP Forrest Whitley, and Nationals SS Carter Kieboom. You can check out the full rosters for both the East and West squad here....
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The Mets made an out of the box decision in the hiring of Brodie Van Wagenen as their next GM, and I think it will work fine for a number of reasons signaling a change in the decision making for the organization. I have sat back and listened to all the concerns about hiring an agent to make the decisions that attempts to establish the Mets as a playoff contender in 2019 and most of them are...
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Four months after Sandy Alderson “stepped down,” the New York Mets search for a new general manager is officially coming to an end. This weekend it was announced that the team has agreed to terms with agent Brodie Van Wagenen to become their next general manager. Though the deal not yet “official,” the team will likely hold a press conference at Citi Field as early as Tuesday. Van Wagenen, 44,...
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