About
Welcome to Rising Apple, the New York Mets news and opinion site brought to you by the FanSided Network. Rising Apple is dedicated to providing top-notch Mets news and original content. This site also serves as a community for like-minded fans to come together and catch up on the latest happenings as well as discuss their passion about the Mets! Rising Apple is comprised of an editorial team that creates content as they closely follow their favorite team. The site covers everything from news and rumors, including roster moves, injuries, trades, industry buzz and analysis, using reputable sources such as Baseball-Reference, Baseball Savant, MLB.com and more. All article submissions from the Rising Apple writers are reviewed by the Site Expert and/or FanSided's full-time editorial team. Any updates or corrections to articles after publication are communicated via an editor's note. FanSided is owned and operated by Minute Media, whose other brands also include Sports Illustrated, The Players' Tribune, 90min and Mental Floss.
Meet The Team
Adrian Cervantes
Adrian Cervantes is a baseball fanatic who currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. Adrian is a huge baseball stats nerd with a passion for New York Mets baseball. Adrian is also a proud alum of the University of South Florida and Belmont University.
@nashvilleadrianAlan Karmin
Alan Karmin is an award-winning journalist and author. Born in Brooklyn, New York he spent most of his life growing up in the New Jersey suburbs. While attending the University of Miami, Alan honed his craft covering the Yankees during spring trainings in Fort Lauderdale for a local NBC affiliate, as well as the Associated Press and UPI. He broadcasted baseball games for the University of Miami, and spring training games for the Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos.
Brian Germinaro
Brian Germinaro is a Contributor at Rising Apple who loves sports. A graduate of Siena College, he has been a fan of the New York Mets since 2008 and has a passion for writing and talking about them.
Garrett Chan
Garrett Chan is a contributor to Rising Apple. A native New Yorker, he is a baseball fanatic, stathead, and a diehard (but realistic) New York Mets fan. Currently a news producer, Garrett used to host a television sports talk show and episodic podcast that he looks to continue in the near future.
Josue De Jesus
Baseball content creator through the analysis of advanced metrics. A fan of sports and the world of fantasy baseball, but above all a passionate fan of the New York Mets.
@josuedjrJohn Wolff
John is a FanSided Contributor to Rising Apple with a passion for sports. He worked with the NIT College Basketball tournament, then with the New York Knicks and Rangers, before dedicating 16 years to the Long Island Ducks baseball team, serving as the team's Vice President during his final four years. A die-hard baseball fan, seeing the New York Mets win the World Series takes the top spot on his sports bucket list.
@johnwolff_20Jordan Gibberman
Jordan is a contributor to Rising Apple at Fansided. He was a New York Mets content writer for LWOSports.com, covering important team-related topics such as breaking news and highlights. He also wrote Mets and Miami Marlins articles for Blackerby Media. Some of his articles have been featured on other sites, such as Yardbarker. When he is not writing, he works as a full-time teaching assistant and enjoys playing guitar/bass and spending time with his family and friends.
Josh Mayer
Josh Mayer is a lifelong baseball fan and a contributor for Rising Apple, covering the New York Mets. Josh has been a Mets fan for as long as he can remember and knows the team and its players inside and out, including team history as well. For years he has been following baseball's top journalists online, inspired to break into the industry himself. He is also a content development intern at 365Scores where he writes about other sports, and is a rising member of The Ohio State University's class of 2029. Go Buckeyes!
Kevin Ranoff
As a lifelong Mets fan, Kevin Ranoff offers personal insights into the team’s strategies and developments. He has previously worked as a radio co-host for WBLQ's Sports Open Mic in Westerly, RI, discussing all sports, predominantly baseball. Kevin holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Communication Studies and Sports Media from the University of Rhode Island.
Noah Wright
Noah is a life-long Pirates fan who started his baseball writing journey on a blog he started with his friends in 2018 before his senior year of high school. He has since been writing for Rum Bunter starting in 2019, and Rising Apple since 2024. He grew with his favorite Pirates players being Francisco Liriano, Mark Melancon, A.J. Burnett and Andrew McCutchen, watching them bring the Pirates back to October baseball in 2013 through 2015. Noah graduated with a bachelor's degree in sport management in 2022 from Pennwest University, and also works as a college baseball video scout. In his free time, Noah enjoys playing video games and reading Marvel comics on his favorite characters like Spider-Man and The Punisher.
@NoahW_25Reggie Wade
Reggie Wade is a writer covering sports, news, and comedy, and a Mets fan through and through. His work has been featured in Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, Cheddar News, and The Associated Press. You can find Reggie’s latest work on Rising Apple, as well as on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where he works as a researcher/producer.
Tim Boyle
Tim Boyle has been the Site Expert for Rising Apple since 2018. He has written for Yahoo Sports, Fansided, and several other outlets since 2013.
@BaseballBoyleThomas Yorke
Tom Yorke's focus is on the history of the Mets. He has been a Mets fan since his father took him to his first game at the Polo Grounds in 1962. Tom has seen it all, from Marvelous Marv to Polar Bear Pete. He has published children's books, young adult fiction, short stories and non-sports articles, but his heart belongs to the Mets.
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