According to Marc Carig of The Athletic, the Mets and Houston Astros have been engaged in trade talks recently. The former has been doing “background work” on Houston’s minor league system, while the latter is interested in reliever Seth Lugo. Carig adds that while there has been chatter, it’s unclear if there has been any traction in trade talks. In addition, Abbey...
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Position: 2B, 3B, OF Bats/Throws: R/R Age: July 8, 1987; 31 Traditional Stats: .250/.293/.363, 8 HR, 37 RBI, 13 2B in 344 AB Advanced Stats: .285 wOBA, 78 wRC+, .286 BABIP, 0.3 bWAR, 0.3 fWAR Josh Harrison spent eight years with the Pittsburgh Pirates, racking up a .277/.317/.408 slash line with 162-game averages of 10 homers, 52 runs batted in, 30 doubles, and a 97 OPS+ rating before hitting...
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When Brodie Van Wagenen was introduced as the New York Mets new general manager in late October, he made some rejuvenating remarks that set the course for his first offseason at the helm of a major league ballclub. “We will win now. We will win the future,” Van Wagenen told the media. “We’re going to develop a winning culture and a winning mindset, and we will deliver...
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Angels Land Lucroy Reported by Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports, the Angels and All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy inked a one-year pact on Friday during the early hours of the evening. Passan reports “Catcher Jonathan Lucroy and the Los Angeles Angels are in agreement on a one-year, $3.35 million deal, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. Lucroy took his physical today and deal should be official...
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One of the bigger moves of the offseason went down last week when the Los Angeles Dodgers shipped outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig to Cincinnati. Prior to that, however, new Met Robinson Cano tried to get the front office to pull the trigger for Puig, according to AM 570 LA Sports on Twitter. According to their insider, David Vassegh, at the winter meetings he heard that Cano wanted the...
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