MLB Network continued their annual rankings of the top 10 players at each position around baseball and Jacob deGrom, unsurprisingly, was named the best starting pitcher in all of baseball. DeGrom, 31, has won back-to-back National League Cy Young Awards and registered a 2.43 ERA, 2.67 FIP, 0.971 WHIP, 11.3 K/9, and 1.9 BB/9 in 2019. His 2018 season was even better, though, as he had a 1.70 ERA,...
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On Friday, the New York Mets announced that they signed Matt Adams to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training. Most minor league deals don’t grab much attention, but the left-handed hitter’s addition was somewhat noteworthy given the fact that the Mets had been discussing trades involving Dominic Smith throughout the offseason, largely with the intent of moving a bad...
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Jayson Stark of The Athletic reports that MLB teams will only be allowed to carry 13 pitchers at a time in 2020. As he notes, it was assumed that would be the case, but it is significant because of the 26th roster spot being implemented. For example, the Mets were one team that carried eight relievers in addition to five starters regularly so, in theory, the team could have carried a ninth...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post spoke with Edgardo Alfonzo, who heard on Tuesday that he would be inducted into the New York Mets’ Hall of Fame. The focus of the discussion, though, centered around his firing from the Brooklyn Cyclones this offseason, which appeared to blindside Alfonzo. “I thought I might get promoted a little bit because we won the championship,” Alfonzo told Puma. “And I...
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Alex Speier of the Boston Globe reports that the Boston Red Sox are currently considering trade offers for Mookie Betts from the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. It is noted in the article that both deals include combinations of big-league players and prospects. With the Padres, it is expected that the Red Sox would need to take back Wil Myers and at least part of the $60 million...
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