David Stearns spoke with the media for the second straight day at the Winter Meetings in Nashville Tuesday shortly before the Lottery Draft began. While brief, he spoke about the general direction the Mets were heading in for the 2024 season. Starting Pitching While the Mets have been linked to the likes of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Eduardo Rodriguez, Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery and Erick Fedde in...
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The New York Mets announced Tuesday they signed veteran infielder José Iglesias to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. Iglesias, 33, last played in the majors for the Rockies in 2022. Before that, he had stints with the Red Sox, Angels, Orioles and Reds, and spent most of his career in Detroit. He came up with the Red Sox in 2011. A lifetime .279/.319/.382/.701 hitter,...
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AUSTIN ADAMS, RHP Position: RHP B/T: R/R Age: 32 (05/05/1991) 2023 Traditional Stats: 24 G, 0-1, 17 ⅓ IP, 5.71 ERA, 22 SO, 8 BB, 1.385 WHIP 2023 Advanced Stats: 78 ERA+, 3.72 FIP, 11.4 K/9, 4.2 BB/9, 27.2 K%, 9.9 BB%, 39.1 GB%, -0.2 bWAR Rundown The Mets added to their dwindled-down bullpen Thursday, signing veteran reliever Austin Adams to a one-year non-guaranteed split contract. He’ll...
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The Detroit Tigers signed pitcher Kenta Maeda to a two-year deal Sunday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported. Per Jeff Passan of ESPN, the deal is worth $24 million and is pending physical. Maeda spent the previous four years with the Minnesota Twins, missing all of the 2022 campaign rehabbing from Tommy John surgery. In his time with the Twins, Maeda posted a 4.02 ERA and went 18-14 in 53...
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Superstar two-way player Shohei Ohtani hit free agency at an interesting time in his career. He’s coming off his second unanimous American League MVP Award-winning season but is recovering from Tommy John surgery. By the All-Star break, Ohtani was hitting .302/.387/.659/1.046 and already slugged 32 home runs, 15 doubles and drove in 71 batters. While pitching, he was 7-5 with a 3.50 ERA...
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