Jon Heyman
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Jon Heyman, who came to The New York Post this year as a baseball columnist, has been covering the sport for 35 years. At The Post, he is half of “The Show,” a baseball podcast with Joel Sherman, and does Inside Baseball notes that appear Fridays. He has worked as an insider at MLB Network since its inception in 2009 and is an Audacy baseball expert after more than a decade at WFAN, where he appeared on Mike and the Mad Dog and the Joe and Evan shows. Heyman worked at Newsday for 16 years, first as Yankees beat writer, then baseball columnist and finally as general sports columnist before going to Sports Illustrated, CBSSports.com and the startup FanRag. After graduating Northwestern University’s Medill School in 1983, he started at the Moline (Ill.) Daily Dispatch. Shortly thereafter, he moved to California, where he covered the Los Angeles Raiders before transferring to the California Angels, one team that moved twice and another that pretended to move once (they are still in Anaheim). Heyman went to Lawrence High School in the 5 Towns of Long Island.
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Mets have serious issues beyond Edwin Diaz's closer status
May 19, 2024 | 9:41pmTheir pen situation is far from a disaster thanks to solid backup plans. But ultimately though, the Mets all know they need Edwin Diaz to be right to have a...
Mets need to move Edwin Diaz out of closer role until he gets untracked
May 19, 2024 | 3:08amThe Mets have an Edwin Diaz problem, and they have no choice but to remove the man out of his customary closer role, at least for today.
Carlos Mendoza already looks like a winner early in Mets tenure
May 18, 2024 | 6:58pmThese are the times that test a manager, especially a rookie manager like the Mets’ Carlos Mendoza.
Mets are primed to make a run at wild card — even after mediocre start
May 18, 2024 | 12:47amThe Mets are going to make the playoffs. You heard it here first.
Mets' tantalizing international prospect comes with 'line drive bat'
May 16, 2024 | 6:55pmThe Mets are expected to sign top Dominican SS Elian Pena for about $5 million.
Cardinals could turn to well-known managerial options with Oli Marmol on hot seat
May 16, 2024 | 5:31pmThe Cardinals may be looking for a new manager.
Ranking MLB's offseason moves: Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto are shining
May 16, 2024 | 5:15pmRanking the top 20 moves of the MLB offseason, including the Dodgers signing Shohei Ohtani and the Yankees acquiring Juan Soto.
Marlins might not be done selling after Luis Arraez-Padres shocker
May 9, 2024 | 8:09pmThe Luis Arraez trade may be just the beginning for Miami.
Yankees, Dodgers stars are MVP front-runners to start 2024
May 9, 2024 | 7:54pmIt says here Mookie Betts is still MVP, though, since he’s playing an adequate shortstop and putting up offensive numbers just behind Shohei Ohtani.
Early look at stars that could become targets ahead of MLB trade deadline
May 9, 2024 | 7:23pmThings can change depending on who’s contending and who’s fading, but here’s our first list of stars who could possibly be on the move.
Aaron Judge's ejection was my last straw — it's time for drastic MLB umpire change
May 7, 2024 | 8:54pmIt’s finally time for the so-called Robo Umps, also called ABS for Automated Ball-Strike System. (And by the way, there’s a chance a modified version of Robo Umps will be...
Juan Soto is a perfect Yankees fit
May 4, 2024 | 5:11pmJuan Soto is the almost perfect Yankee, talented and tough, not to mention 25.
Top MLB pitching prospect's heavily-anticipated call-up should happen 'soon'
May 2, 2024 | 8:08pmMLB’s top pitching prospect Paul Skenes is dominating the minors like almost no one before. In six starts at Triple-A he has a 0.37 ERA and has thrown 89 pitches...
A's phenom rookie -- MLB's hardest thrower -- could prompt trade deadline bidding war
May 2, 2024 | 7:58pmRival execs are split on whether the A’s would dare trade a big star who has six years to go before free agency.
Young Red Sox rotation surprisingly delivering early-season dominance
May 2, 2024 | 6:35pmThere were some big April shockers, but absolutely no one saw such mastery coming from the Red Sox rotation, not after Boston practically sat out the winter.
Why Mets' strong start is better than it looks
April 28, 2024 | 8:34pmSay this for the Mets, they look pretty good, and better than most folks (including me) expected. And there’s plenty of reason to believe David Stearns’ assessment was dead-on accurate.
Astros not worried despite brutal start to season
April 25, 2024 | 7:09pmThe Astros, seven straight times in the ALCS, stand 7-19, and just two teams have risen from similar starts to make the playoffs.
These White Sox could be historically bad
April 25, 2024 | 7:02pmThe White Sox look like a threat to unseat the 1962 Mets as the worst team ever.
Shohei Ohtani should drop his veil of mystery
April 25, 2024 | 6:29pmWe don’t need to learn about his love life, but it would be better for baseball if he wasn’t almost exclusively limiting interviews to after games and about games.
Why Mets reliever's out-of-nowhere emergence is anything but
April 21, 2024 | 9:28pmGarrett, who didn’t make the Mets out of spring, leads the majors with 21 strikeouts out of the bullpen in 10 ²/₃ innings (an Edwin Diaz-like rate) and carries a...