Ben Berkon - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

I have contributed writing to The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, VICE, The Onion, Huffington Post, Forbes, SB Nation and Splitsider. And as a SAG-AFTRA voice actor, I have been featured on commercials for Comcast Business, IBM, Lysol, Siemens, American Express, UPS and Miami Heat. I also enjoy cooking and noshing on different cuisines, drinking coffee, seeing live music, collecting vinyl, traveling near and far, singing karaoke, exploring flea markets, snapping photos and hopelessly cheering on the New York Mets. I was born and raised in New York City and presently call Brooklyn my home.

Content

Total articles 111

• Here’s the Catch on Yasmani Grandal

  By Ben Berkon Verified|The Wall Street JournalVerifiedCatcher is one of the thinnest positions in baseball, so a catcher like Yasmani Grandal, who hit 24 home runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2018, was expected to land a lucrative free-agent deal. He declined the Dodgers’ $17.9 million qualifying offer to test the open market, and then rejected a four-year, $60 million offer from the Mets, according to the Los Angeles Times.

  By Ben Berkon Verified · The Wall Street Journal

  Dec. 30, 2018

• Bad Contracts The Mets Could Target This Offseason

  By Ben Berkon Verified|ForbesVerifiedThe Toronto Blue Jays' Russell Martin could fit in nicely with the Mets in 2019. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) The New York Mets have already been linked to several rumors this offseason. They have reportedly shown interest in acquiring Cleveland Indians’ catcher Yan Gomes, and have even considered dangling star pitcher Noah Syndergaard for a package of major-league ready talent.

  By Ben Berkon Verified · Forbes

  Nov. 27, 2018

• Here’s the Catch on Yasmani Grandal

  By Ben Berkon Verified|The Wall Street JournalVerifiedCatcher is one of the thinnest positions in baseball, so a catcher like Yasmani Grandal, who hit 24 home runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2018, was expected to land a lucrative free-agent deal. He declined the Dodgers’ $17.9 million qualifying offer to test the open market, and then rejected a four-year, $60 million offer from the Mets, according to the Los Angeles Times.

  By Ben Berkon Verified · The Wall Street Journal

  Dec. 30, 2018

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