Former Mets pitcher and minor league pitching coach Frank Viola is leaving the Mets organization after eight seasons. The 58-year-old has served as the pitching coach at four different levels, most recently for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Viola thanked the Mets in a tweet, saying he ” wishes the Mets organization well. I want to thank all of the pitchers I’ve had a chance to work with...
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Oakland Athletics (97-65) vs. New York Yankees (100-62) American League Wild Card…October 3, 2018…Yankee Stadium RHP Liam Hendriks (0-1, 4.13 ERA) vs. RHP Luis Severino (19-8, 3.39 ERA) After last night’s hectic 13 inning contest that led to the Colorado Rockies advancing to the NLDS, tonight the Yankees and Athletics will play in the AL Wild Card Game to see who will advance...
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The 2018 season will likely go down in Mets history as just another mediocre season that was rather unspectacular and saw the Mets deal with injury issues and setbacks that ultimately led to the team’s postseason hopes disintegrating by the end of June. However, in actuality, there was something very special in the making this season that should breed tons of optimism for the 2019...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that the Mets have scheduled an interview with Doug Melvin. Melvin, 66, has been a GM for two different organizations in his career (the Texas Rangers and more recently the Milwaukee Brewers). His tenure with the Rangers lasted eight years starting in 1994 and ending in 2001 before he became the Brewers’ GM in 2002, which he remained in that capacity...
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From 2014 to 2017, the Mets had no question as to who would be their opening day first baseman, with Lucas Duda holding down the fort. But after they dealt him at the trading deadline in 2017, the Mets entered camp in February of 2018 with a battle on their hands between Dominic Smith and Adrian Gonzalez. Gonzalez was aided by a Smith injury, and opened 2018 as the starting first baseman. He was...
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It feels like Brandon Nimmo’s hamstring injury settled into our memories as simply a side note, falling into the background of David Wright’s send-off and the conclusion of the New York Mets’ 2018 season. Nimmo described the pain he felt on Saturday night to Joe Trezza of MLB.com, as “a little bit what I would imagine a knife going into the back of the hamstring would...
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