Author: Jacob Resnick

Mets Enter Rest of Offseason With Plenty of 40-Man Flexibility

With the tender deadline now behind us, the Mets’ offseason is full steam ahead. Even without a general manager, the team decided to cut bait with Chasen Shreve, Paul Sewald, Ariel Jurado, and Nick Tropeano, leaving them with 34 players on the 40-man roster. Sewald and Jurado were not yet eligible for arbitration but were out of options and did not have a chance to crack the Opening Day...

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Rule 5 Deadline Likely to be Quiet for Mets

Next Friday, Nov. 20, is the deadline to add Rule 5-eligible minor leaguers to the 40-man roster to shield them from selection. It’s the first notable roster-related date of the Steve Cohen era, but Friday is likely to come and go without much to show for it. One year ago, the Mets protected four: Andrés Giménez and Ali Sánchez ended up providing varying levels of contributions in 2020,...

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Four Takeaways From Steve Cohen’s Introductory Press Conference

It’s morning again in Flushing. A new era of New York Mets baseball began on Tuesday with owner Steve Cohen’s introductory press conference over Zoom. Team president Sandy Alderson refamiliarized himself with the New York media on the call as well. Cohen and Alderson fielded questions for 90 minutes and answered them with a breath of honesty and passion that has seldom been heard...

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Franklyn Kilomé Should Be Eligible for Fourth Option in 2021

Under normal circumstances, Franklyn Kilomé would be out of options heading into 2021, forcing the Mets to prematurely make him a permanent member of their pitching staff or risk losing him to another team on waivers. Thanks to a little-known technicality in the rule, it should be another year until that decision has to be sorted out. Kilomé, 25, was originally signed by the Philadelphia...

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Jacob deGrom Rebounds With Another Elite Outing

Barring a free fall off the proverbial cliff over the final three weeks of the 2020 season, Jacob deGrom has put himself in an excellent position to win his third consecutive Cy Young Award. “I don’t think it would feel the same,” he had said of recognition in the time of a global pandemic, “but it’s definitely still a goal.” Years — decades — from now,...

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