The New York Mets hired a new general manager and his name
is Brodie Van Wagenen. The former agent was the co-head of the baseball
division at CAA sports. He has experience in contract negotiation. He will meet
the media at a 2:30 pm press conference which will be held at Citi Field. The
Wilpons feel that Van Wagenen will be successful at this position due to his
analytics and development ideas. One of the tasks as general manager for Van
Wagenen will be a possible long-term contract for Jacob deGrom provided he
receives the approval of the Wilpons. Zach Wheeler will be a free agent at the
end of 2019. So, Van Wagenen will have to decide if he wants to keep the
current starting rotation together which is the strength of the team.
In other Major League Baseball news, the Boston Red Sox won
their fourth World Series title since 2004 as they defeated the Los Angeles
Dodgers 4-1. Former New York Yankee Steve Pearce was named most valuable
player. He went 4-12 with three homeruns including two in the deciding game
five and eight RBI’s. Another former New York Yankee contributed and that was
Nathan Eovaldi who put on one of the greatest pitching performances in Major
League Baseball playoff history. I think this feat will help him acquire a very
good offer since he will be a free agent. He threw ninety-seven pitches over
six relief innings in his team’s 3-2 extra-innings loss in game three of the
World Series on only one day of rest. His fastball was clocked at 98 MPH which
showed that he is basically back from his arm issue. He was praised by many
people in the baseball world for the tremendous effort. Eovaldi had a 1.61 ERA
throughout the course of six postseason games with two starts and four relief
appearances. Also, David Price contributed by throwing seven-plus innings of
one-run ball in the Red Sox 5-1 victory over the Dodgers in game five that
clinched the World Series.
It must have been frustrating for New York Yankee fans to
watch the Red Sox win the World Series and to watch two former Yankees help
them win it. The Red Sox were the best team during the regular season and they
put on a show during the post season by defeating three quality teams in the
Yankees, Astros and Dodgers. The Yankees will have to come up with a plan to
acquire some starting pitching which is what is needed for them to challenge
the Red Sox in 2019.
6 comments:
The amazing thing about the Bosox is not only their talent and record... it is also the depth in the pipeline.
I hope BVW has as successful of a career as GM, as he did as an agent. Hopefully, he keeps folks like Omar Minaya close by, to assist with some of the details that he is less familiar with.
Red Sox are a machine and a team we should try to emulate.
Ummm, didn't we pass on Alex Cora before the outside the box thinking that resulted in Terry II?
Love Brodie’s charisma and energy. This organization needs a strong leader to build this organization from the top down
It sounds like Mickey will be given another chance in 2019.......I am OK with that, since he had a learning curve
and a bunch of injuries to deal with in 2018.
Reese,
It’s doubtful that Cora would have gotten these starting pitchers to step up, and while he has a loaded roster in Boston he would have had to be loaded every night to put up with the roster he would be given here.
And while we say that Callaway was Terry II because of the bullpen use - and I’ve heard it alot - the truth is the very day after Alderson was replaced Callaway’s bullpen usage changed and matchups were not the MO any more. Coincidence? Ah, I don’t think so. Let’s not forget that Alderson was a platoon king (take two lesser players and make one great player = moneyball,)
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