Four years ago today, the New York Mets drafted Pete Alonso, a player who has already risen through the ranks of baseball stardom by leaps and bounds in just one year in Major League Baseball. On June 9, 2016 the first baseman formerly known as Peter Alonso was watching the MLB Amateur Draft with his family in their Tampa home. As John Franco approached the podium to announce who the Mets...
This is part two of the interview, Jon Updike talked about Pete Alonso and Matthew Allan on Monday here. Former Mets’ area scouting supervisor Jon Updike believes in paying it forward. As a former 28th-round pick by the Seattle Mariners in the 1993 MLB Draft, Updike reflects fondly on the scout, John Ramey, who took the chance on him as a reliever and offered Updike all he could ask...
Good morning, Mets fans! Jake Mintz of Baseball Prospectus conducted an interview with baseball lifer Phil Regan. Latest Mets News Mets skipper Luis Rojas opened up to Kevin Kernan of the New York Post about new Mets approach and ‘fixing’ Edwin Diaz. Eno Sarris of The Athletic ranked the top 175 starting pitchers heading into the 2020 season and among them were Jacob deGrom taking...
Former Mets’ area scouting supervisor Jon Updike believes in paying it forward. As a former 28th-round pick by the Seattle Mariners in the 1993 MLB Draft, Updike reflects fondly on the scout, John Ramey, who took the chance on him as a reliever and offered Updike all he could ask for: an opportunity. After his professional playing career was over, in which he spent time with the Mariners,...
Jon Updike, the New York Mets’ 2018 Scout of the Year, left the organization for a job as President of Digital Scouting and Player Development Solutions at BaseballCloud according to Andy Martino of SNY. Updike was the scout who was responsible for bringing Pete Alonso and Matthew Allan to the Mets. Latest Mets News The Mets named Hensley Meulens their bench coach as reported by Jennifer...
