The San Diego Padres are finalizing a trade to acquire pitcher Dylan Cease from the Chicago White Sox, sources told Jeff Passan of ESPN. The White Sox will receive reliever Steven Wilson and three of the Padres’ top 10 prospects, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Cease, 28, was in trade rumors all winter after pitching to a 4.58 ERA, 1.41 WHIP and 3.72 FIP in 2023. It was a down...
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Let’s pick a JD. The Mets are reportedly linked to a pair, Martinez and Davis. (JD Drew is 48; there is no word on whether he plans to come out of retirement.) Martinez hit 33 homers and .271/.321/.572 last season (479 plate appearances) with the Dodgers. He has been in three consecutive All-Star games and six in his career. Per Fangraphs, he projects to hit 22 homers in 504 PAs this year...
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Sugar couldn’t have been sweeter. In his first game action since tearing his patellar tendon in the World Baseball Classic, Edwin Díaz entered to “Narco,” the trumpets and a standing ovation Monday night. He left after after striking out the side. “Man, I feel great,” the two-time All-Star told SNY in a dugout interview. “First time in a year coming back and...
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Francisco Álvarez is giving fans a reason to believe that maybe this year will be better than the last. (And perhaps reminding some of an old song.) The 22-year-old catcher homered, doubled and scored twice to pace the offense in a 3-1 victory for the New York Mets (7-5) over the Miami Marlins (3-6) in Jupiter, Florida. The performance came a day after Álvarez homered and caught three runners...
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The Mets announced on Friday that outfielder Taylor Kohlwey, RHP Chad Smith and LHP Nate Lavender were reassigned to minor league camp. Kohlwey joined the Mets in December after spending parts of eight seasons in the San Diego Padres organization and went 2-for-11 this spring with a walk and three strikeouts. Smith also signed with the club in December and appeared in 10 games at the major...
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