One of the Mets’ biggest offseason tasks is to improve their bullpen by acquiring a quality reliever or two. The 2017 bullpen combined for a 4.82 ERA which ranked 29th in the majors. While bullpens are commonly unpredictable on a year-to-year basis, keeping it as is would not be a wise recommendation. The Mets should consider Bryan Shaw; one of the many free agent relievers on the market....
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Doug Fister has agreed to a major-league deal with the Texas Rangers, pending a physical, according to Evan Drellich of NBC Sports Boston. MLB free agency may have officially begun on Nov. 7, but only now has a free agent agreed to a major-league deal. The deal is reportedly a one-year, $4 million contract that includes a club option for 2019. It includes a $3.5 million base for 2018 and a $4.5...
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The Atlanta Braves will lose 12 international prospects after Major League Baseball’s investigation on their violations in regards to signing international amateurs according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. The biggest name among the 12 is infielder Kevin Maitan. He was the Braves top international prospect as they signed him for $4.25 million in 2016. All 29 other teams will be able to...
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Lots of roster moves were made yesterday as teams had an 8:00 p.m. EST deadline to protect certain players from being chosen in the Rule 5 Draft set for Dec. 14. However, a bigger deadline discussed yesterday was in regards to the MLB-NPB posting negotiations. A decision on Shohei Otani’s MLB fate was supposed to be determined yesterday. The negotiations over a new posting agreement will...
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Major League Baseball has a pace of play problem and it appears they have a plan to solve it. The length of games have gotten even longer just in the last year. An average game took three hours and 42 seconds to complete in 2016. Most recently that number has risen by 4 1/2 minutes meaning it took three hours, five minutes, and 11 seconds for a game to be completed in 2017. Surprisingly it is...
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