Jessica Mendoza to Join Mets as Adviser, Maintain ESPN Duties

[BostonBob]

from espn.com:

Sunday Night Baseball announcer Jessica Mendoza is joining the New York Mets as an adviser while continuing her ESPN responsibilities, the team announced Tuesday.

Mendoza will work in the Mets' baseball operations department, focusing on player evalution, roster construction, technological advancement, and health and performance. She will also give insight to general manager Brodie Van Wagenen.

"Jessica is incredibly well respected throughout the industry and we are excited to bring her into the organization," Van Wagenen said in a statement. "She is a world-class athlete and experienced television analyst with an extremely high baseball IQ. We are confident that she will help us in our efforts to win now and in the future. This hire demonstrates the continued support from ownership to invest in the intellectual capital of the New York Mets."

Since 2007, Mendoza has contributed to ESPN's baseball, softball and college football coverage. She became the first female analyst for a Major League Baseball playoff game in 2015.


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[Dr Pepper]

Never heard of her. I guess she's not too good at her job?

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I often mute espn games regardless of who is on.

 

[bleedblue1223]

I often mute espn games regardless of who is on.

Yeah. I'm not a fan of Mendoza, but I wasn't a fan of Boone, and I'm not really a fan of many in their booth.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Yeah. I'm not a fan of Mendoza, but I wasn't a fan of Boone, and I'm not really a fan of many in their booth.

Not only that, the strike zone box being there on every pitch annoys the hell out of me. If you want to show the location after the pitch, fine. Nothing bothers me more than being obstructed from seeing what's happening just because they want to cater to casuals.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Not only that, the strike zone box being there on every pitch annoys the hell out of me. If you want to show the location after the pitch, fine. Nothing bothers me more than being obstructed from seeing what's happening just because they want to cater to casuals.

Yeah, this is probably the bigger reason why I don't even bother watching the ESPN broadcasts.

 

[Terry Yake]

never thought i'd miss joe morgan and jon miller but ESPN baseball broadcasts since they parted ways with those two have been god awful

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Joe Morgan was f***ing awful lmao. Jon Miller is good.

 

[John Price]

never thought i'd miss joe morgan and jon miller but ESPN baseball broadcasts since they parted ways with those two have been god awful

Jon Miller was not awful

How can you say this as someone who live in the Bay Area. Is this some anti-Giants thing

 

[rangerssharks414]

Joe Morgan was ****ing awful lmao.

I concur. Joe Morgan was one of the worst.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Jon Miller was not awful

How can you say this as someone who live in the Bay Area. Is this some anti-Giants thing

Miller is great with the Giants. Morgan drug him down.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

I concur. Joe Morgan was one of the worst.

When you had a whole website dedicated to getting you fired, you know you aren't good.

 

[Terry Yake]

Jon Miller was not awful

How can you say this as someone who live in the Bay Area. Is this some anti-Giants thing

who said i live in the bay area lols

miller isn't bad but morgan was terrible

 

[SupremeNachos]

I like it when they don't talk about the current game and goof off. Eduardo Perez is a likable guy and when they have TK in the booth you can always expect to laugh quite a bit.

 

[HajdukSplit]

When I first saw the headlines about the Mets hiring her I thought it was to be an analyst It seems like Keith’s contract is about to expire every year too which led to my fears

 

[darko]

Joe Morgan was ****ing awful lmao. Jon Miller is good.

Yup.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

At least Matt V is the new PbP guy

 

[tony d]

Meh, I don't mind her. I like A Rod there as well plus Matt. Overall it's a decent broadcast crew.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

She's good at TV.

 

[robert terwilliger]

she's pretty bad but some of it isn't her fault.

her pretaped interviews taking place during a game and on a bigger screen than the actual game are probably not her fault but likely a reason she's as disliked as she is. she's knowledgeable but very mccarverish in that she's an overexplainer on simple things.

but you can't say things like that or you're sexist.

vasgersian stinks too. a-rod's the best part of the booth but between the two chatterboxes on either side of him, he's lucky to get in a word.

 

[GarbageGoal]

She’s was actually a lot better on the radio where they aren’t try to run a three ring circus instead of just focusing on the game.

 

[RayP]

I concur. Joe Morgan was one of the worst.

Joe Morgan was so bad he was entertaining and hilarious to watch once a week on Sunday night.

 

[rangerssharks414]

I'm not a fan of the three person booths at all.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

I'm not a fan of the three person booths at all.

I'm not a fan of announcers. Just give me crowd noise.

 

[rangerssharks414]

I'm not a fan of announcers. Just give me crowd noise.

True. The announcerless broadcast of the college football championship is glorious.