Jon Heyman of Fancred Sports is reporting that the Washington Nationals are expected to land catcher Yan Gomes in a trade that will send minor league outfielder Daniel Johnson to the Cleveland Indians (hat tip to New York Daily News columnist Bill Madden, who first broke a report from sources that the sides had agreed to a Gomes-centered deal days ago). Gomes had previously been a target on the...
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Jon Heyman of Fancred Sports reports that the Mets will offer catcher Travis d’Arnaud a contract for the 2019 season, affirming Joel Sherman of the New York Post’s earlier claim that the team had been “planning” to do so. D’Arnaud is projected to make $3.7 million in 2019, but can be cut in spring training and only owed one-sixth of that. At one point in 2013...
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While the New York Mets’ acquisition of 24-year old closer Edwin Diaz has yet to be officially confirmed, Mike Puma of the New York Post is reporting that the team will still scrutinize the free agent market for a “high-end eighth inning guy” as well as a “veteran multiple-innings type reliever.” In the former department cites Andrew Miller and David Robertson as...
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Coincidentally, falling in line with the speculation around potential prospects the Mets would be willing to part with in a possible blockbuster deal with the Seattle Mariners, Baseball America recently updated its Top 10 Mets prospects ahead of the 2019 season. (We now know that Kelenic and Dunn are in the trade). The list reads as follows: Andres Gimenez, SS Peter Alonso, 1B Ronny Mauricio, SS...
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Good morning Mets fans, and happy Friday! While time seems to have stood still through the Mets’ negotiations with the Seattle Mariners over Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz, there were, in fact, other headlines around baseball yesterday that will certainly shape the rest of the offseason. Blue Jays Shopping Martin, Pirates Trying to Move Cervelli Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Passan has the scoop...
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