Good Morning Mets Fans!! Latest Mets News After the Diamondbacks announced their one-year deal with Wilmer Flores, the beloved Met posted a touching good-bye letter on Instagram. Latest News in the MLB Derrick Goold of The STLToday.com chronicled Rick Ankiel’s journey back to the majors. The Yankees, the Reds, and the Mariners have made a three-way trade that sent prospect Shed Long to the...
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On Monday, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced their one-year deal with Wilmer Flores. Flores, 27, was non-tendered by the Mets after the 2018 season, ending his six-year big league tenure with the team. “Since Day 1, I’ve always liked playing in Arizona…When they called me, and I saw they had interest in me, I wanted to go there,” Flores said about signing with Arizona....
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Updated – January 21, 4:39 PM According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, the deal has evolved into a three-way trade, with the Yankees are now sending their new acquisition, Shed Long, to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for 21-year-old center field prospect Josh Stowers. Stowers hit .260/.380/.410 with 15 doubles, five home runs, and 28 runs batted in over 244 plate appearances for Advanced-A...
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Ben Zobrist Position: INF/LF/RF Bats/Throws: S/R Age: May 26, 1981 (37) Traditional Stats: .305/.378/.440, 28 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR, 58 RBI, 3 SB, 4 CS Advanced Stats: 3.3 bWAR, 3.6 fWAR, 115 OPS+, 123 wRC+ Defensive Stats: 1B (0 DRS, -0.2 UZR), 2B (2 DRS, 3.0 UZR), LF (4 DRS, 2.5 UZR), RF (2 DRS, 1.3 UZR) Back in 2015, the Chicago Cubs signed Zobrist as the missing piece of what the team hoped would...
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Throughout Baseball’s glorious history there have been hundreds of players idolized in their hometown. Occasionally, but seldom, does a player come along whose greatness extends beyond the city where they play. And then there’s Roberto Clemente, the first ballplayer to be revered on two continents. On the final day of the 1972 season, September 30th, Roberto Clemente doubled off Mets rookie Jon...
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