Month: January 2018

Morning Briefing: Time to Get Moving!

Good morning Mets fans! There were some offers made, but no deals were completed yet. Latest Mets News  Joel Sherman of the New York Post discusses how quickly fates have changed in Major League Baseball. Latest MLB News  Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that J.D. Martinez has a five-year offer from the Boston Red Sox. He also reports that Eric Hosmer has a seven-year offer from the San...

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Is Josh Harrison the Best Option Left at Second Base?

This off-season has featured the Mets being interested in many players, and never seem to acquire a single one of them. This extends to the second base position as they have shown interest in Ian Kinsler, Jason Kipnis, Cesar Hernandez, and Josh Harrison. Now, three of those names have still not been traded. However, it has been recently reported that Kipnis is now unlikely to be traded and the...

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J.D. Martinez has Five-Year Offer From Red Sox

Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that the Boston Red Sox have offered a five-year contract to free agent outfielder J.D. Martinez. This is not very surprising given the fact that Boston has maintained interest in the slugger all off-season and have largely been viewed as the favorites to sign him. Martinez had a career year in 2017 as he hit .303/.376/.690 with 45 home runs and 104 RBIs...

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Cardinals Remain Involved in Eric Hosmer Sweepstakes, Padres Make Record Offer

Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that the San Diego Padres have extended a seven-year contract offer to Eric Hosmer. The deal reportedly would be the largest deal handed out to a free agent in franchise history. Original Report- January 2, 1:00 p.m. Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports that the St.Louis Cardinals are still involved in the Eric Hosmer sweepstakes while the team considers a wide...

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Should the Mets Attempt A Closer-By-Committee?

For the past three seasons, the Mets Jeurys Familia has occupied the closer role, when healthy, and has thrived in that capacity. He has recorded 106 saves over that span and that is with an injury-riddled 2017 season in which he only recorded six of those. However, that was the old regime that allowed him to do that. Mickey Callaway has a different idea for his closer and the entirety of the...

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