David Stearns

Good morning, Mets fans!

According to multiple reports, the Mets are hoping that Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns is available next offseason to come to New York. The reports say the Mets are operating under the belief that Stearns contract runs out after the 2022 and that he would have serious interest in coming to the new he grew up rooting for.

The Mets have tried to lure Stearns away from the Brewers the last two offseason, but have been denied permission to talk to him by Milwaukee.

Now, let’s get into the morning briefing.

Latest Mets News

Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reported that Javier Baez‘s team had a meeting with the Mets today. The topic of the discussion was whether Javier Baez will commit to the Mets for the 2022 season and beyond.

Feinsand also speculated that “the market for Baez appears to be quite active in the early days of free agency.” Therefore, the Mets may have to outbid an unknown number of teams to secure Baez for the upcoming season. Matt Musico has more on this story.

Pete Alonso was named an All-MLB team finalist.

Kumar Rocker will re-enter the MLB draft, according to Scott Boras. Rocker was the Mets’ 2021 first-round draft pick, but didn’t end up signing.

Latest MLB News

The U.S. Mint and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum are collaborating to issue gold, silver and clad coins that commemorate the Negro Leagues and could help raise money for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.

Chris Taylor is expected to reject his 18.4 million dollar qualifying offer due to there being a great market for him because of his versatility and strong performances recently.

MLB and the union are currently engaged in CBA talks. The expectation is that a resolution will not come quickly, as the December 1 deadline is fast approaching.

Japanese OF Seiya Suzuki is drawing interest from multiple MLB teams. Suzuki is a 4-time All-star for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and was a part of the Japanese gold medal team during the Tokyo Olympics this past summer.

Reliever Joakim Soria is retiring after a 14-year, nine-team career. Soria has a career ERA of 3.11 in 763 innings pitched and two All-Star selections (2008, 2010). The news was announced yesterday by his agent, Oscar Suarez.

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Nate Mendelson invites you to guess all 20 of the current POBO and GM candidates.

Nate Mendelson talks about Scott Boras’s bold comment regarding Michael Conforto (his client).

Joe D. breaks down Jacob deGrom‘s slider.

On This Date in Mets History

1998: Bobby Bonilla returned for his second stint as a New York Met after a trade with the Dodgers. Bonilla began the season as the starting right-fielder, but he was removed from the starting lineup by mid-May. A knee injury kept him out for most of the remainder of the season, but he did have some pinch-hit appearances in September of the 1998 season. The Mets decided to remove Bonilla from the roster after the conclusion of the season (his .160 batting average that season probably did not help his case to stay on the roster).

Birthdays: Mike Bacsik (45), Damion Easley (53), Roberto Hernandez (42), Dave Telgheder (56)

Let’s go Mets!

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Good Morning, Mets fans!

Let’s take a look at what went on with the Amazins’ and the rest of MLB on Wednesday!

Latest Mets News

The Mets have looked at center fielder Albert Almora, as Andy Martino of SNY reported.

Mets team president Sandy Alderson joined Jon Heyman’s Big Time Baseball Podcast and said the team is still engaged with George Springer, Dominic Smith is not going anywhere, and talked about how they wound up landing Francisco Lindor.

Former Mets pitcher Al Leiter discussed the dominance of Jacob deGrom in an interview with Pitching Ninja.

Former Mets executive director of player development Jared Banner has been hired as the vice president of special projects for the Chicago Cubs.

Michael Conforto and his fiancé Cabernet got engaged yesterday. Alex Cohen, first lady of the Mets, congratulated them in a Tweet.

Latest MLB News

Free-Agent starting pitcher Corey Kluber had close to 25 teams watching him throw on Wednesday, per Jeff Passan of ESPN. As Passan noted, scouts came away impressed with Kluber whose fastball sat between 88-90 mph.

Joining Kluber at workouts in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida were fellow pitchers Anthony Swarzak and Steve Cishek, who also threw for teams, as Marc Topkin of The Tampa Bay Times reported.

The San Diego Padres are showing interest in free-agent pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.

Relief pitcher Pedro Baez signed a two-year deal with the Houston Astros, per Jorge Castillo and Jon Heyman.

According to MLB Insider Jon Morosi, 37-year-old free-agent pitcher Cole Hamels intends on pitching in 2021 and is drawing preliminary interest from the San Francisco Giants.

Free-agent reliever Joakim Soria is drawing interest from several AL West teams including the Athletics, Astros, Angels and Rangers, per Morosi.

The Toronto Blue Jays have given president and CEO Mark Shapiro a five-year contract extension, per an announcement from Rogers News.

According to Jake Seiner of The Associated Press, MLB has suspended all political contributions in the wake of the events at the U.S. Capitol last week.

Latest NL East News

As Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports reported, Phillies president Dave Dombrowski met with free-agent catcher J.T. Realmuto for a lunch in Oklahoma prior to Christmas.

The Phillies are also interested in bringing back shortstop Didi Gregorius, as well according to Todd Zolecki of MLB.com.

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Thomas Hall believes free-agent pitcher Gio Gonzalez would be a solid fit for the Mets.

Dilip Sridhar breaks down the free agent profile for outfielder Kevin Pillar.

On This Day in Mets History

Birthdays: Ross Jones (61), Dave Marshall (78)

Let’s go Mets!

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