According to Joel Sherman on Twitter, Neil Walker has accepted the Mets $17.2 million qualifying offer. Walker will clearly be the everyday second baseman next season which pretty much leaves Wilmer Flores, T.J. Rivera, David Wright, and Jose Reyes jockeying for playing time at third base or backing up at all four infield positions. Terry Collins has himself a very strong infield bench and the...
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According to ESPN’s Jim Bowden while a guest on MLB Network, the Toronto Blue Jays are reportedly discussing a deal for outfielder Jay Bruce with the New York Mets. No other particulars were mentioned and there was no indication of how far along any discussions were, but interesting to hear nonetheless. At last week’s GM meetings in Arizona, Sandy Alderson acknowledged that teams had...
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On Twitter, Adam Rubin of ESPN said the Mets want to bring back veteran lefty reliever Jerry Blevins. He goes on to say that the Mets will “slow-play” his market, so as to see what other spending the Mets do in the meantime. Originally signed as a lefty specialist, Blevins, 33, was far more successful against right-handed batters in 2016, holding them to a .182/.266/.345 slash line...
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Brian and Roger returned to talk about that crazy World Series and how Cleveland can’t handle winning. They also started the hot stove speculation on where Yoenis Cespedes will end up and how the team should approach their 2017 bullpen. We applauded Binghamton for naming the Mets’ Double-A squad the Rumble Ponies, and wondered if the Mets should just go ahead and rename themselves...
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At the GM Meetings in Scottsdale, Arizona tonight, New York Mets GM Sandy Alderson discussed a variety of topics with the media on how the team will proceed this offseason as they seek to revamp the roster for the 2017 season. The Mets are still interested in bringing back Yoenis Cespedes and spoke with his representatives 7-10 days ago. Alderson said the Mets don’t have any absolute...
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