After bringing left-handed reliever Luis Avilan into the fold on a minor-league deal last week, New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen told the team’s media corps on Wednesday that the 29-year-old Venezuelan southpaw has a “good chance” of making the Opening Day roster, as per a tweet from Matt Ehalt of The Record. Avilan split the 2018 season between the Chicago...
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The Mets will be better on offense. I have been saying that the team will be better because Adrian Gonzalez, Jose Reyes, Devin Mesoraco, and Austin Jackson have been replaced by better players. I did not realize how many plate appearances the Mets gave to players of the caliber I mentioned above but Matt Eddy did as you can see in his tweet below. (H/T to Tvators in the comment section for...
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Today, the Mets introduced new infielder Jed Lowrie at Citi Field after his signing was made official yesterday and announced on Twitter today. Lowrie, 34, signed a two-year, $20 million contract with the team, in which the deal is split evenly at $10 million each season. Brodie Van Wagenen started off the speaking at the press conference glowing about Lowrie’s ability to impact the club...
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Jeff Passan of ESPN writes that the Arizona Diamondbacks and infielder Wilmer Flores have agreed to a one-year deal with a club option for 2020. Pedro Gómez (also of ESPN) had reported earlier in the afternoon that the former Met had been closing in on a deal with a team in the NL West. The deal is worth $4.25 million including a $500K buyout on his club option in 2020 that worth $6 million if...
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The Mets introduced Jed Lowrie as the newest Met today. Brodie Van Wagenen said the Jed Lowrie was a very popular one in the organization. He mentioned Jeff Wilpon, Omar Minaya, Ian Levin, Adam Gutteridge, David Wright, Ruben Amaro, Allard Baird, John Ricco, and Jared Banner by name as people who liked the move. He went on to say the Mets are very happy with the upgrades that they have made but...
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