Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports the New York Mets have been showing interest in free agent third baseman and Toms River, New Jersey native Todd Frazier. As noted by Sherman, Frazier makes sense for the Mets on a couple of fronts. With the Mets having some question marks about Dominic Smith at first base, Frazier could serve as either a platoon partner or even an insurance policy for...
Read More
So far this offseason, the Miami Marlins have stripped down their core of young talent. The most recent deal saw them ship off Marcell Ozuna to St. Louis. However, a player they plan to keep for the time being is Christian Yelich, according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com on Twitter. A package for Yelich would have likely cost more than what the team got for Ozuna, as he is owed a guaranteed $44.5...
Read More
The Miami Marlins have continued their salary dump and they have sent Marcell Ozuna to the St. Louis Cardinals as Craig Mish of Sirius XM first reported. Ozuna is entering his second year of arbitration and is likely to see a substantial increase after hitting .312/.376/.548 with 37 home runs and 124 RBI on his way to his second career All-Star Game appearance. Ozuna transitioned to left field...
Read More
Following up his previous report from a few days ago, Mike Puma of the New York Post tweets that the Mets and Jay Bruce’s agent have convened at the Winter Meetings. While there is no deal on the table, the Mets remain very interested, but are also exploring other needs at the moment. Original report – Dec. 9 To solidify their outfield, the Mets are exploring a deal with a familiar...
Read More
Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler has a 10 team no trade list, and the New York Mets are on that list. Coincidentally, that list also includes the Angels, who like the Mets, have been in discussions with the Tigers to acquired the four time All Star. As we have seen with Giancarlo Stanton, the no trade clause only serves as an impediment if the player...
Read More
