Brodie Van Wagenen is probably a very nice guy. He is a great public speaker, aside from that one incident where he ripped Commissioner Manfred when he didn’t realize there was a hot mic recording his words. Van Wagenen is also a great salesman. He did sell Fred and Jeff Wilpon that a former agent […] READ MORE
Brodie Van Wagenen certainly has made a lot of highly questionable transactions over his two-year reign as the general manager of the New York Mets. He has constantly traded prospects for mostly fringe major league players with the exception of his first big trade. While some of these prospects were not highly ranked, a good […] READ MORE
The odds of Michael Conforto winning the MVP this season with the year Fernando Tatis Jr. and Freddie Freeman are having is very slim, but the New York Mets star right fielder has put together an All-Star season. Conforto has been the best hitter for a team that has not much success this season. However, New York would […] READ MORE
In what has been a miserable 2020 season for the New York Mets left-hander Steven Matz, he will have a final chance to return the starting rotation Friday night against the Atlanta Braves. David Peterson was scheduled to make the start, but he will be pushed back a day to give him some extra rest. Peterson […] READ MORE
The New York Mets signed Jed Lowrie to a two-year contract for $20 million dollars. The veteran middle infielder was coming off a season where he hit 23 home runs and drove in 99 RBI’s with the Oakland Athletics in 2018. After only having eight total plate appearances last season, Lowrie’s tenure with the Mets […] READ MORE
It is tough to judge a manager based on just one season in the big leagues. It is even more challenging to evaluate them in a 60-game shortened season, but Luis Rojas has been through it all in his first season with the New York Mets. This team has underachieved drastically in all areas in […] READ MORE
There was no question Billy Hamilton has struggled to hit at this point in his career. However, after the New York Mets traded their fourteenth ranked prospect in Jordan Humphreys for the speedster, New York needed to find a way to have Hamilton impact the team. They were unable to do that as he was […] READ MORE
The New York Mets have played 44 games and have a 20-24 record. With 16 games left the Mets are heading into the stretch run. It’s crazy to say that any baseball team is heading into the stretch run after playing only 44 games. But this is Major League Baseball in 2020. As we all […] READ MORE
The New York Mets bullpen was the biggest issue as to why they could not make the playoffs in 2019. General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen attempted to revamp his bullpen with the addition of Dellin Betances. He also counted on a bounce-back season from both Edwin Diaz and Jeurys Familia. However, all three of these […] READ MORE
Biggest Surprises in Baseball To Date The MLB Trade Deadline has come and gone. Now, the focus is on the final weeks of the regular season as teams prepare for the postseason. Although the sample size still isn’t that big, every team besides the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins have played at least 35 […] READ MORE