ESPN MLB Insider Jeff Passan takes no prisoners. Like many famous people and celebrities, Jeff Passan keeps his personal life private. And they’ve certainly made another splashy hire with Passan. It’s easy to use hindsight in saying that a player should have taken the money when he had the chance, something many are doing with Prescott right now, but everyone skewered Ozzie Albies and his agent for taking an incredibly team-friendly deal last year. Astros pitcher Justin Verlander announces that he will need season-ending Tommy John surgery. then believing he is safe, and why that second important part was not included the first time. While speculation reached a fever pitch over where Cespedes’s whereabouts, MLB.com’s Mets reporter Anthony DiComo tweeted that there is no reason believe the 34-year-old left fielder’s safety was at risk. Passan is among the best baseball Twitter follows in the game, not just because of the news he reports on a … Umpire Rob Drake, whose viral tweet yesterday about buying a gun for a coming civil war led to an investigation by Major … The site did try to retain Passan, according to sources. Praying he’s ok. He is currently working as the columnist for ESPN since January 2019. ... Link to Instagram LOOK: Trump’s Golf Course Trolled With ‘Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV’ Signs. Houston Astros right-hander Justin Verlander is set to undergo Tommy John surgery, he said in an Instagram post Saturday. It will be interesting to see how Passan does at ESPN in a role that sounds like it will be focused on breaking news, especially as there’s plenty of outside competition there from the likes of Ken Rosenthal (The Athletic/MLB Network/Fox), Jon Heyman (MLB Network/Fancred) and Joel Sherman (MLB Network/The New York Post). "Rob is a passionate individual and an outstanding umpire," the Major League Baseball Umpires Association said in a statement. "He chose the wrong way to convey his opinion about our great country. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said Wednesday that the league will be looking into the situation. Jeff Passan is a popular American baseball columnist. Passan may be most known for his baseball work, which includes the recent book The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports. , A post shared by Yoenis Cespedes-la potencia 52 (@ycespedes52) on Jul 24, 2020 at 7:16pm PDT. Thus far, there’s been no update as to Cespedes’s location. Our attempts to contact him have been unsuccessful.”. You have come to the ESPN Africa edition, for other ESPN editions, click above. On July 24, he shared two photos of himself in full Mets gear with the caption, “Incredible feeling being back out there. …Passan, 38, will be asked to be as prolific as Schefter and Wojnarowski, who are generally regarded as the top insiders in their respective sports. He had taken his belongings, just up and left, and through his agent informed the team mid-game that he was opting out, according to Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen.”, Based on Cespedes’s last Instagram post, he was incredibly excited for baseball to return after coronavirus forced a delay to season’s start. ESPN does already have quite the cast of baseball reporters in-house as well, including Buster Olney, Tim Kurkjian and Pedro Gomez, so Passan adds to that lineup. His posting does not represent the view of the MLBUA or reflect those of the umpires we represent.". And I will be back ASAP. Sports Canada and Black Press. 12.1k Followers, 2 Following, 32 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Jeff Passan (@jeffpassan) Only the beginning. Word from the Mets is the team, as of this moment, has no reason to believe Yoenis Céspedes' safety is at risk. He tweeted, “Everybody please just chill with the jokes on Cespedes. "I feel great, by the way. We have a Monday NFL doubleheader with Kansas City at Buffalo on Fox/NFL Network/Amazon and Arizona at Dallas on ESPN. I know Harvey did it but it’s very unusual that he’s had no contact with anyone.”, The Mets do not know where Yoenis Cespedes is. Verlander is under contract through the 2021 season at $33 million and then becomes a free agent. But I’m not sorry for saying ‘all lives matter, every single one. Sports New York reporter Any Martino tweeted, “Mets are hopeful that Yoenis Cespedes is still in Atlanta after night game last night. He’s been involved in some high-profile exchanges, too, including going after Doug Gottlieb over Gottlieb’s take on the Dominican Republic and performance-enhancing drugs and giving up his Hall of Fame ballot last year in protest of Joe Morgan’s letter asking voters not to support candidates linked to PEDs. LFGM!! (1:26). The team’s designated hitter did not show up at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia as the Mets were scheduled to take on the Braves on Sunday. He also led the league in starts (34), innings pitched (223) and WHIP (0.803). He said in a video that he "felt something in my elbow" during a simulated game this week and that after consulting with doctors, Tommy John … Jeff Passan’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Jeffrey Scott Passan (born September 21, 1980) is an American baseball columnist with ESPN (since January 2019), after a 13-year stint with Yahoo Sports, and author of New York Times Best Seller The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports.He is also co-author of Death to the BCS: The Definitive Case Against the Bowl Championship Series. The timing is interesting here, though, as “in the new year” would be after December’s winter meetings, where a whole lot of deals get made. Click on the link below to see which games are on which networks. His 2020 season ends with a 1-0 record, a 3.00 ERA and seven strikeouts in the one start. the Major League Baseball Umpires Association said in a statement. He previously worked at Yahoo! ( @SNYtv) pic.twitter.com/KLeBynMjv6, Brodie Van Wagenen, the Mets general manager said in a statement that Cespedes “did not reach out to management with any explanation for his absence. Verlander, 37, won his second American League Cy Young Award in 2019 after leading the league with 21 wins against only six losses. 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