The Yankees and San Diego may be on the verge of consummating the first major transaction at this year’s Winter Meetings. Trade discussions reportedly intensified on Tuesday night between the Yankees and Padres regarding All-Star left fielder Juan Soto. Soto, 25, is entering the final year of his contract and intends to enter free agency following the 2024 season. San Diego is not...
The Rule 5 Draft is set to take place on Wednesday, December 6, during the Winter Meetings in Nashville at 2 p.m. ET on MLB dot com. David Stearns has made it clear in his New York Mets tenure that he’s focused on building significant depth, and the Rule 5 Draft is a place where you can find that with minimal risk. Let’s begin with a quick summary of the Rule 5 Draft and how it works. The...
Good morning, Mets fans! Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday that Logan Webb has been trying to recruit Shohei Ohtani to the Giants. Webb previously said he’d been trying to get Ohtani to follow him on Instagram, and the Japanese superstar obliged on Monday. Slusser adds that Ohtani may have paid a visit to San Francisco recently as well. Ken Rosenthal of The...
Good morning, Mets fans! Shohei Ohtani is likely to decide on his next team within the next week, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reported on Sunday. Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported that bidding for Ohtani’s services has already eclipsed $500 million. Latest Mets News The Mets will be among the teams Yoshinobu Yamamoto plans to meet with when he comes to the U.S. within the next week,...
I’m thrilled to say I will represent Metsmerized as credentialed media at the Winter Meetings this year in Nashville at the Gaylord Opryland. The meetings begin on Sunday and go through Wednesday, and while the focus will undoubtedly be on trades and signings, other important announcements and events are taking place. Sunday, Dec. 3 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Ballot results will...
Today marks the beginning of the annual MLB Winter Meetings. This year, the meetings will be held in San Diego, California from December 4 through 7. The New York Mets still have a lot to achieve in order to produce another World Series contending roster in 2023. Hopefully, these meetings in San Diego, along with the Jacob deGrom deal signed Friday night, will jump-start an otherwise league-wide...
Good morning, Mets fans. Winter Meetings start today which means the intensity of the offseason may pick up. Things got started Friday when the Texas Rangers announced their signing of now former New York Met Jacob deGrom. Though, it is expected this week deals may move quicker as owners and front office staff of each team embark on the Winter Meetings. Per Buster Olney of ESPN, the Rangers are...
In the latest episode of Simply Amazin’, Tim Ryder is joined by MetsMerized’s executive editor, Mike Mayer. Fresh off a trip to the Winter Meetings in sunny San Diego, Mike gives us his take on this year’s winners — the players, obviously — the Mets’ starting depth additions in Michael Wacha and Rick Porcello, and where Brodie Van Wagenen goes from...
The 2019 Major League Baseball Winter Meetings were very different from the 2018 relative snoozefest that saw the largest contract handed being $50 million to Phillies outfielder Andrew McCutchen. I had the opportunity to travel out to sunny San Diego (though it did rain Sunday) on behalf of MMO. There was action throughout my time in San Diego, with three deals over $200 million and the Mets...
Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets concluded the Winter Meetings by adding to their rotation. A day after agreeing to a deal with RHP Michael Wacha, the Mets agreed to a one-year, $10 million contract with RHP Rick Porcello on Thursday, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network. The New Jersey native and 2016 Cy Young Award winner has been linked to the Mets at various times throughout the offseason...
Photo by Michael Mayer Carlos Beltran opted to give “no comment” on the topic of the Astros sign-stealing scandal during Tuesday night’s press conference at the Winter Meetings in San Diego. “I’m not going to talk about it,” he said. Beltran, whose name has been brought up as being heavily involved in the Astros’ electronic sign-stealing in the 2017...
Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen seems to be confident in the team’s roster for the 2020 season, as detailed in interviews with SNY and MLB Network Radio on Monday night at the Winter Meetings in San Diego. “We’re in it to win it. There’s no question about that,” said Van Wagenen. The Mets GM said the roster was mainly built around the ability to keep Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom in the starting...
