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Since the Mets signed Harrison Bader, the question of who will man center field in 2024 has been raised.
Will it be incumbent centerfield Brandon Nimmo, who still has seven years left on his contract with the Mets, or will Bader -- arguably the superior defender -- be the outfield general? There's no easy solution, but it's something president of baseball operations David Stearns and the organization will have to figure out.
When asked directly how the Mets plan to align its defense, Stearns, unsurprisingly, kept their thinking mostly close to the chest.
"Harrison is going to play a lot of center field. He's going to play regularly in center field," Stearns told the media over Zoom on Wednesday. "We're fortunate we have a number of outfielders who can play multiple positions, and play center field."
When Nimmo's position, specifically as a left fielder, was brought up, Stearns added, "Is Brandon going to be exclusively a left fielder? We’ll tackle that as we get into spring training and see the true formulation of what our team looks like, what it looks like at the end of camp, and we'll have a more definitive answer to that."
Stearns adds that Nimmo wants to do whatever is best for the Mets, and would flip between left and center field or stay predominantly in left. The long-time Met is open to both possibilities.
The question of how much the Mets plan to use Bader was brought up again to Stearns, but the first-year Mets GM said it'll be determined throughout the season, with manager Carlos Mendoza having a say in the matter.
"We signed [Bader] because he’s a very talented player and I would expect him to play regularly in center field," Stearns said. "How that looks like over the course of the season, to be determined. We believe in his talent, we believe in him defensively and we believe he can impact the game offensively as well. He’ll get plenty of playing time, some of it's going to be matchup-based, but he’ll get plenty of playing time in centerfield."
In seven seasons, Nimmo has played 157 of his 703 games in left field -- with 93 being in right. Bader, on the other hand, has played just 54 out of his 594 games in either corner outfield.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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