Good morning Mets fans! The inevitable moment of Pete Alonso being crowned National League Rookie of the Year officially came to pass on Monday night. Alonso received 29 of 30 first-place votes to become the sixth Rookie of the Year in Mets history.
Latest Mets News
The Mets have met with current Minnesota Twins assistant pitching coach and former Met Jeremy Hefner as well as Michigan pitching coach Chris Fetter in regards to their vacant pitching coach position, according to Tim Healey of Newsday.
Brodie Van Wagenen spoke to the media at the General Manager Meetings in Scottsdale, Arizona and discussed a variety of different topics in regards to the team’s offseason plans and 2020 expectations.
Jacob deGrom is expected join Alonso in taking home some hardware when the National League Cy Young Award is officially announced on Wednesday night.
Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic explained why he voted for Mike Soroka over Alonso for NL Rookie of the Year.
SNY created a video of Noah Syndergaard, Dominic Smith, Steven Matz and Michael Conforto congratulating Alonso on being named NL Rookie of the Year.
Mike Puma of the New York Post noted that Alonso also won the “Good Guy” award from the New York chapter of the BBWAA. The award is given to the player who is most cooperative with the media. It will be given to Alonso at the BBWAA dinner on Jan. 25.
Jon Niese, who has not pitched in the majors since 2016, is working on making an MLB comeback as a reliever, per Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Niese is planning on pitching for the Aguilas Cibaenas in the Dominican Winter League at the end of November as a way to showcase himself.
Latest MLB News
Yordan Alvarez was unanimously named American League Rookie of the Year.
Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom told the media that Dustin Pedroia plans to play in 2020. Pedroia played in a combined nine games in 2018 and 2019, and underwent three knee surgeries since Oct. 25, 2017.
The New York Yankees will promote Carlos Mendoza from infield coach to bench coach according to Sweeny Murti of WFAN.
Hanley Ramirez will play for los Tigres de Licey in the Dominican Winter League according to Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes. Ramirez is coming back from right shoulder surgery that he underwent in July.
Latest NL East News
Soroka was the NL Rookie of the Year runner-up as he took home one first-place vote, 25 second-place votes and two third-place votes.
The Miami Marlins have interest in Nick Castellanos according to Joe Frisaro of MLB.com.
The Philadelphia Phillies’ search for a hitting coach includes Washington Nationals assistant hitting coach Joe Dillon, former Phillies hitting coach Matt Stairs and Mets 2019 hitting coach Chili Davis, per Matt Breen of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Latest on MMO
John Sheridan compiled together an All-Decade Team of Mets who played in the 1980s.
Tim Ryder uploaded the latest episode of the Simply Amazin’ podcast where he and Jack Hendon discussed free agency among other things.
Brian Devine listed and wrote about seven pitching coach options for the Mets.
Matt Musico discussed the shortcomings of Robinson Cano and Jed Lowrie in 2019 and how their presence on the roster complicates things as Van Wagenen makes decisions for the 2020 season during the offseason.
Dilip Sridhar wrote an “MMO Free Agent Profile” on Chris Martin.
This Day in Mets History
Birthdays: Aaron Heilman turns 41, Gary Thurman turns 55 and Al Schmelz turns 76.
