The Mets have announced that they have invited first round picks Dominic Smith and Gavin Cecchini to Major League camp for Spring Training. They also invited pitchers Paul Sewald, Chasen Bradford, and Zack Thornton. For position players they invited T.J. Rivera, Johnny Monell, Xorge Carrillo, and Travis Taijeron. Smith had a breakout year for the St. Lucie Mets hitting .305/.354/.417 with six...
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The Mets have signed right-handed hitting catcher Nevin Ashley to a minor league deal. He played a majority of the 2015 season in AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox (PCL) for the Milwaukee Brewers hitting .306/.374/.442 with eight homeruns, four triples, and knocked in 61 runs. The 31-year old also made his Major League debut in 2015 going 2 for 20 with the Brewers in 12 games. He was...
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Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reports that the Mets have agreed to contracts with relievers Addison Reed for $5.3 million, Carlos Torres for $1.05 million, and Josh Edgin for $625,000, thus avoiding arbitration. Matt Ehalt of the Bergen Record adds hat the Mets have also settled with Matt Harvey for $4.325 million and Ruben Tejada for an even $3 million. That leaves Lucas Duda, Jeurys Familia,...
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According to Roch Kubatko of MASN.com, the Baltimore Orioles have extended a formal contract offer to free agent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes. Jerry Crasnick of ESPN adds that the Orioles offer is believed to be in the range of five years and $75-90 million dollars, and the deal includes a sixth year option. Earlier this afternoon, Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com reported that while Cespedes is weighing...
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In an interview for MLB.com, Mets prospect Brandon Nimmo discusses the ups and downs of his 2015 season. For the third year in a row, injuries impacted his ability to have that truly breakthrough season everyone has been waiting for. He also discusses how he had to mentally adapt after his promotion from Double-A Binghamton to Triple-A Las Vegas, and he explains how his addition to the 40 man...
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