Morning Briefing: Flurry of Moves Saturday

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Good morning, Mets fans!

Saturday was a busy day for free agency and trades. The Mets were part of today’s trade buzz, trading pitching prospects J.T. Ginn and Adam Oller to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for right-handed pitcher Chris Bassitt.

Check out a collection of some of the more minor deals in our free agency thread here.

Today is expected to be another busy day for clubs as well. Mets players report to camp today in Port St. Lucie.

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The Mets posted a video on YouTube of Tylor Megill making is own customized jersey at the MLB Flagship store in New York.

Per Jeff Passan, the New York Mets and Oakland Athletics have made a deal. The Mets will be sending right-handed pitchers J.T. Ginn and Adam Oller to Oakland in exchange for right-handed pitcher Chris Bassitt.

According to Robert Murrary of FanSided, free agent relief pitcher Jeurys Familia is in agreement with the Philadellphia Philllies pending a physical.

Per Hector Gomez, Jonathan Villar turned down a $6.5 million offer from the Blue Jays that was for a one-year contract.

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Per Jon Heyman of MLB Network, Andrelton Simmons is headed to the Chicago Cubs for $4 million plus incentives.

MLB Network posted on Twitter that their Top 10 Right Now series returns next week. Their first topic will be “Who’s the best first baseman in the game?”

According to Jon Heyman, the market for Johnny Cueto is getting active as many teams are in the market for starting pitching.

Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, sources have reported that relief pitcher Steve Cishek is in agreement with the Washington Nationals on a one-year contract.

As first posted by Jeff Passan, the Minnesota Twins have traded catcher Mitch Garver to the Texas Rangers for shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa.

Bill Plunkett, beat writer for the Los Angeles Dodgers spoke with Max Muncy on the labor negotiations lockout that just ended. Muncy had this to say:

“It sucked. It was unnecessary to have us locked out. We could have been conversing. I’m going to leave it at that. There was a lot of time wasted that didn’t nneed to be wasted… It’s done. I think we’re all happy baseball is back.”

Per Jon Heyman, Yusei Kikuchi is headed to the Toronto Blue Jays.

Dennis Young of the New York Daily News wrote a profile on Bob Nightengale.

According to Red Sox Stats, Canada is reportedly not going to allow unvaccinated players to cross the border, blocking them from playing in the country. The Red Soxh had one of the most unvaccinated teams.

Per Ken Rosenthal, outfielder Scott Schhebler and the Colorado Rockies are in agreement on a minor league contract. Schebler also received an invite to Major League Spring Training.

Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported on Twitter that relief pitcher Joe Kelly agreed to a two-year contract with the Chicago White Sox.

According to Hector Gomez of z101 Digital, Jose Iglesias and the Colorado Rockies are in agreement on a one-year contract. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com elaborated saying Iglesias is getting $5 million from the Rockies.

Per Jon Heyman, Marly Rivera of ESPN first reported that Robinson Chirinos is headed to the Baltimore Orioles with $900,000 plus $75,000 incentives and $100,000 if he is traded.

According to Ken Rosenthal, infielder Josh Harrison has an agreement with the Chicago White for one-year with a club option for 2023.

Jon Heyman reported on Twitter that Niko Goodrum is in agreement with the Astros for $2.1 million plus incentives.

Per Michael Schwab of USA Today, the Houston Astros have agreed to a minor league deal with outfielder Lewis Brinson.

According to Jon Heyman, Alex Colome is headed to the Colorado Rockies. Enqrique Rojas was first on the news.

Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times spoke with Bernie Sanders about the MLB lockout in a story for the LA Times.