Reports came out Friday that the Mets will interview Nationals’ Special Assistant to the General Manager, DeJon Watson, for their vacancy in the front office. Watson has been in the industry for 33 seasons, and began his executive career with the Dodgers, where he spent eight seasons in their front office. Prior to working under Mike Rizzo, Watson worked closely with Tony LaRussa and Dave...
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When the Mets hire a new General Manager, many will focus on what needs to be done to be done to the Major League roster to help bring the Mets their next World Series. Part and parcel of that is reassessing the Mets farm system. That means not only deciding which players are and are not part of the future, but also on deciding on what their roles should be: First Base Believe it or not, there...
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Good morning Mets fans! Here’s the latest news on the Mets GM Front The Mets will interview the Nationals’ special assistant to the GM DeJon Watson. The Twins’ GM Thad Levine has withdrawn his name from the Mets GM. Anthony DiComo of MLB.com believes that the Mets will start interviewing GM candidates next week. The four candidates that are expected to receive an interview are Kim...
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Baseball Digest announced their end-of-season award winners and New York Mets hurler Jacob deGrom took home their Pitcher of the Year honors. In a press release, deGrom spoke about his mindset this year and what it meant to him to take home the award. “It’s a great honor. I had a simple philosophy this season — to take it pitch-by-pitch and inning-by-inning. It was my job to...
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There’s no question that one of (if not the biggest) needs for the 2019 New York Mets to be a contender is reworking the bullpen that has struggled for two straight seasons. The Mets bullpen ERA of 4.96 in 2018 was the second worst in team history with the 5.66 ERA of the 1962 bullpen being the only group worse. Luckily, for the Mets it’s a strong free agent class for relievers...
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New York was not atop Dennis Cook’s list of places he wanted to necessarily call home. The hustle and bustle atmosphere and the sheer size of the city were a bit daunting for the left-handed reliever, who had already played for seven organizations by the time he was dealt to the Mets in the winter of 1997. But something changed for Cook along the way; he fell in love with the city and the...
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