“You think I made it to the big leagues as a 35th round, senior sign, and Tommy John surgery is going to stop me? You’re crazy. Give me an opportunity and I’ll show what I have, just as I have before.” This is a tweet from former New York Mets
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Josh Hejka is not your typical relief prospect. The sidearmer went undrafted out of Johns Hopkins University despite being named to the 2019 College World Series All-Tournament Team. In the College World Series, Hejka tossed a 152-pitch gem in which he allowed only one earned run in 9.2 innings.
Right-handed pitcher Adam Oller was selected by the Mets during the minor-league portion of the 2019 Rule 5 Draft. He was originally a 20th-round pick of the Pittsburg Pirates back in 2016 and joined the San Francisco Giants at the end of May 2019. We may not have been able to see
CONEY ISLAND, NY – Josh Hejka knew two things to be true during the summer between his sophomore and junior years at Divine Child High School in Dearborn, Michigan. He wanted to pitch – he had done so throughout his childhood and on the school’s freshman team in 2012.
Edgardo Alfonzo, unlike Brooklyn Cyclones managers of years past, won’t chew your ear off. He goes about his day-to-day duties much like his playing career; Alfonzo, 45, has a brain packed with baseball acumen, and unless you ask why he decided to call for that hit-and-run in the seventh
24-year-old Marcel Renteria was drafted by the New York Mets in the 6th round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from New Mexico State University. After putting up pedestrian numbers during his first season in pro ball with the Brooklyn Cyclones out of their bullpen (11.1 IP, 17
Professional baseball is a game of unavoidable labels. Nowhere is that more evident than in the products of the MLB Draft. There’s the first-rounder, the player who commanded the multi-million dollar signing bonus and will have eyes on him throughout his career, no matter the level he performs to.
Recently, it’s been difficult to tell which is the bigger rollercoaster on Coney Island: the world-famous Cyclone, located just steps from MCU Park, or the first two weeks in the professional career of Jake Mangum, the speedy center fielder for the Cyclones — the baseball team. Through 12 games
The first and third base coaching boxes at MCU Park, for at least eight half-innings during every Brooklyn Cyclones home game, act virtually as a living Mets history museum. In his third year as the team’s manager, Edgardo Alfonzo occupies the space behind the third base bag. He owns
Both Bradley Marquez, the NFL wide receiver, and the Texas Tech men’s basketball team found themselves in unfamiliar environments on the night of April 8. Marquez watched the Red Raiders intently on television, as he has countless times since arriving on their campus in 2011 and earning his degree